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Facebook’s ‘Neighborhoods’ faces crowded area of interest market, profiling issues

June 18 (Reuters) – When Facebook (FB.O) began testing its new “Neighborhoods” feature in Canada last October amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the tech giant described it as a dedicated place for people to connect with their local communities. Here, in a corner of the world’s largest social network, people met neighbors, shared banana bread ingredients, […]

Facebook’s ‘Neighborhoods’ faces crowded area of interest market, profiling issues

When Facebook began testing its new “Neighborhoods” feature in Canada last October amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the tech giant described it as a dedicated place for people to connect with their local communities. Here, in a corner of the world’s largest social network, people met neighbors, shared banana bread ingredients, helped locate missing cats and […]