尽管公司的社交网络禁止公民访问应用程序，但Facebook公司一直允许广告客户将广告定位到中国大陆。Facebook长期以来一直表示，它与中国广告商合作，仅在国外而不是在国内吸引用户。但是该公司的广告系统却讲述了一个不同的故事。通过广告购买门户，企业被告知他们可以在Instagram（Facebook拥有的照片应用程序）上覆盖中国大陆的370万人。广告客户可以定位到特定的城市，包括北京，上海和天津。Facebook表示这不是错误。该公司在一份声明中说：“有很多种技术手段可以使中国一小部分人能够访问Facebook并查看广告。”例如，它引用了那些使用国际移动漫游或以其他方式可以使用国际连接的人。自2009年以来，该社交网络已在中国被封锁。根据Facebook的公共广告档案库，中国政府资助的媒体组织之一最近使用了针对大陆的定位选项。尽管《中国日报》的某些广告要求内地用户喜欢和关注，但其他广告则带有更多政治信息。在美国抗议警察暴力的最高潮期间播放的《中国日报》香港广告显示，唐纳德·特朗普总统对这些抗议活动的否定反应与南希·佩洛西对香港抗议活动的积极反应形成了鲜明对比。

Although the company's social network prohibits citizens from accessing applications, Facebook has always allowed advertisers to locate advertisements in Chinese mainland. Facebook has long said it works with Chinese advertisers to attract users only abroad, not at home. But the company's advertising system tells a different story. Through advertising, the company is told that they can cover 3 million 700 thousand people in Chinese mainland in Instagram (Facebook owned photo APP). Advertisers can target specific cities, including Beijing, Shanghai and Tianjin. Facebook said it was not a mistake. "There are a number of technologies that can enable a small number of people in China to access Facebook and view ads," the company said in a statement For example, it refers to people who use international mobile roaming or otherwise can use international connections. The social network has been blocked in China since 2009. According to Facebook's public advertising archive, one of the Chinese government funded media organizations recently used a mainland targeting option. Although some advertisements in China Daily require mainland users to like and pay attention to them, others carry more political information. The Hong Kong advertisement in China Daily, which was broadcast during the climax of the US protest against police violence, shows that President Donald Trump's negative response to these protests is in sharp contrast to Nancy Pelosi's positive response to the Hong Kong protests.

根据Facebook的广告档案，多达35,000人的广告观众中有10％在中国大陆的云南省，另外8％在上海和3％在北京。同一页上的另一则反香港抗议广告在本月投放了类似的广告。Facebook试图进入中国市场多年，但未能达成能够满足政府审查制度和所有权政策的交易或产品。取而代之的是，该公司专注于为中国公司建立业务，以将其产品出售给其运营所在市场的数十亿Facebook用户。一位知情人士说，首席执行官马克·扎克伯格（Mark Zuckerberg）在2018年解散了专注于试图进入中国的团队。然后，他开始进攻