Re:Facebook Is Going After Its Critics in the Name of Privacy
by fsociety on Sunday November 22, 2020 @12:11PM
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What is the difference between targeted advertisement and targeted content? I’d argue targeted content is more dangerous because the intent of the content is not as clear as for an ad.
Btw the ad library on FB allows you to put scrutiny on those ads. In fact (some) journalists love to browse it to find a shocking ad and write a news story about it.
Re:Facebook Is Going After Its Critics in the Name of Privacy
by antris on Sunday November 22, 2020 @01:24PM
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The difference is that you can throw unlimited money to guarantee to get eye pairs. The one with the most money will get their message across best. And also the advertising is part is much easier to regulate. We already have loads of regulations and limitations about advertisement, so there would be no problem adding one more.
Unless FB is in on the scam, you cannot buy eyepairs on the platform.
But there's a drastic difference in effectiveness. No one would support private ownership of nuclear weapons just because everyone has fists which are weapons also.
Hyper-targeted advertising has gone off rails recently and when you can simply buy your way into any specific segment of the population without having to put it under public scrutiny, you are asking for trouble.