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Re:Facebook Lets Advertisers Exclude Users by Race by amelius on Friday October 28, 2016 @07:16PM (#12821592)
> Ethically, there is nothing wrong with this system if the exclusion can be applied equally to any ethnic group.

That is only shifting the responsibility to the person clicking (or not clicking) the checkbox.

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Re:Facebook Lets Advertisers Exclude Users by Race by hairy_man674 on Friday October 28, 2016 @10:20PM (#12822280)
... thereby exonerating Facebook from the racial discrimination imputed to its advertising problem.

Are you really suggesting that platform providers are fully accountable for the abusive use of their services?

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Re:Facebook Lets Advertisers Exclude Users by Race by sverige on Saturday October 29, 2016 @09:09AM (#12823773)
It shouldn't be an option. So yes, they are accountable.
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