▲ 269 ▼ Parents outraged as Meta uses photos of schoolgirls in ads targeting man (www.theguardian.com) submitted 11 months ago by Duckxon@feddit.uk to c/news@lemmy.world 44 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] gAlienLifeform@lemmy.world 8 points 10 months ago (1 child) I'm not trying to defend Meta, but where in the article does it say that private posts were shared publicly? Third paragraph One mother said her account was set to private, but the posts were automatically cross-posting to Threads where they were visible. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] leverage@lemdro.id 2 points 10 months ago Ah, thank you and sorry, I should have just searched before posting. Part of the issue is the quotes from Facebook rep saying they only do this with public posts, makes me wonder if its user error, platform lying, a bug, etc. but fuck all that. Any situation like this is strictly the platform's fault, idc if the mother is mistaken and actually posted it publicly, if that's possible then it's bad design. Invest more in UX and less in user manipulation. If a parent was intentionally whoring out their children, we'd expect the platform to prevent that, not enable it. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] leverage@lemdro.id 2 points 10 months ago Ah, thank you and sorry, I should have just searched before posting. Part of the issue is the quotes from Facebook rep saying they only do this with public posts, makes me wonder if its user error, platform lying, a bug, etc. but fuck all that. Any situation like this is strictly the platform's fault, idc if the mother is mistaken and actually posted it publicly, if that's possible then it's bad design. Invest more in UX and less in user manipulation. If a parent was intentionally whoring out their children, we'd expect the platform to prevent that, not enable it. permalink fedilink source parent