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Re:FTC Settlement with Fertility-Tracking App for Facebook/G... by core-e on Wednesday January 13, 2021 @03:37PM (#25767640)
At a minimum the last few on the mood list (depressed obsessive thoughts, apathetic, very self-critical) seem like great indicators of when someone might be the most receptive to advertising for SSRIs.
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Re:FTC Settlement with Fertility-Tracking App for Facebook/G... by taneq on Wednesday January 13, 2021 @08:58PM (#25770834)
The fact that you can advertise these things at all is kind of shocking to me. I’d expect psychiatric drugs to be prescribed by a psychiatrist on their medicinal merits rather than purchased on an advertising-driven whim.
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Re:FTC Settlement with Fertility-Tracking App for Facebook/G... by klyrs on Wednesday January 13, 2021 @09:59PM (#25771287)
Wait til you learn how they advertise drugs to your psychiatrist!

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2019/01/30/stripper-...

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Re:FTC Settlement with Fertility-Tracking App for Facebook/G... by taneq on Thursday January 14, 2021 @03:40AM (#25773769)
Oh, I mean there's all manner of conflict-of-interest, perverse-incentive type stuff going on there - you kind of expect that (sadly) in big business - but it's another whole level of dodginess marketing prescription pharmaceuticals directly to laypeople. It seems only one step above roaming the streets giving out "free samples" wrapped in twists of aluminium foil.
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