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Re:The Google Squeeze by puranjay on Wednesday November 13, 2019 @12:43AM (#21521422)
I live in India and I get ads all the time for products and services that aren't even available in my country. Like real estate brokers in Texas and car dealerships in Ohio and property investments in Abu Dhabi. I'm not using a VPN and haven't mucked around with my location settings.

Some of the worst targeted ads I've ever seen are on Reddit and Imgur

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Re:The Google Squeeze by ufuft on Wednesday November 13, 2019 @02:05AM (#21521743)
On Facebook, spending 5 dollars on promoting a post in India/Pakistan will get you a ton of likes and comments (some of them not great). It's a very easy and cheap way to make your post/ad look more legit or popular, faking "social proof"
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