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Meta whistleblower Sarah Wynn-Williams says company targeted ads at teens based on their ‘emotional state’ (techcrunch.com)

submitted 5 days ago by Sunshine@lemmy.ca to c/demeta@programming.dev

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[–] Ep1cFac3pa1m@lemmy.world 22 points 5 days 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.

[–] kamstrup@programming.dev 3 points 5 days 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.

[–] kefalos@reddthat.com 11 points 5 days ago

“And you know this how?”

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

[–] nick@midwest.social 6 points 5 days ago

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