Re:Facebook Is Going After Its Critics in the Name of Privacy
by mattnewton on Sunday November 22, 2020 @12:31PM
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What is the alternative? No visibility for the general public into hyper targeted ad campaigns?
If the users are opting into this, isn't that the same argument for letting them opt into the Facebook platform itself? Why must we protect them from NYU and not from Facebook?
Also, as an aside, the add-in records the following things: country, age, gender, language etc. and the text of the ad. Not so clear what happens when ads have personal info (or friends' names) attached like xyz likes page. Payload seems to suggest they take every bit of info so it could include that as well maybe.