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Meta whistleblower Sarah Wynn-Williams says company targeted ads at teens based on their ‘emotional state’ (techcrunch.com)
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[–] 23 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I’m ok with it if they were targeting vulnerable teens with ads for how to improve their lives…but somehow I doubt that’s what happened.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago

    Targeting vulnerable people based on metadata with any form of commercial intent, is morally and ethically highly questionable! A vulnerable person is by definition extremely susceptible to exploitation. Assuming that companies are gonna act out of philanthropy and goodness of their hearts seems a bit naiive.

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    • [–] 12 points 1 year ago

    “And you know this how?”

    “They paid me a million buck a year to build it, your honour “

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    [–] 6 points 1 year ago

    I’m listening to this book. It’s fucking infuriating

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