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Re:Dissent at Facebook over hands-off stance on political ads by faizshah on Tuesday October 29, 2019 @01:18AM (#21384413)
What if we just banned targeting users and groups of users and instead only allowed ad targeting based on the content of the web page?

Basically a smart version of a banner ad.

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Re:Dissent at Facebook over hands-off stance on political ads by smolder on Tuesday October 29, 2019 @06:13AM (#21385532)
I'd support this but moneyed interests would not. Advertisers wouldn't have an excuse to build the digital panopticon anymore, and a lot of the effort to build it would be wasted. That'd be too much justice for this world.
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