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Re:Facebook Seeks Shutdown of NYU Research Project into Poli... by obmelvin on Friday October 23, 2020 @10:34PM (#24876466)
> Is their search history also public discourse?

Oh, come on. You are bringing that into this discussion. The topic is not people's private search or browsing history. Political advertisements are very clearly a public issue.

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Re:Facebook Seeks Shutdown of NYU Research Project into Poli... by polyomino on Saturday October 24, 2020 @01:35AM (#24877201)
Ad targeting is largely informed by browsing history.
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Re:Facebook Seeks Shutdown of NYU Research Project into Poli... by Red_Leaves_Flyy on Saturday October 24, 2020 @08:21AM (#24878721)
Americans may not have a right to know whose paying for the propaganda we see, but, as far as I know, we do have a right to know what political propaganda is being spread and what groups.
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