Facebook approves alcohol, vaping and gambling ads targeting 13-17 year olds

Re:Facebook approves alcohol, vaping and gambling ads target... by ryandrake on Tuesday April 27, 2021 @10:32PM (#26964804)

I’d agree if this was the first time bad behavior was uncovered. And it’s not just FB, Silicon Valley seems to have a big problem with big systems that, like Frankenstein, escaped the intent of their creators and fell into this algorithmic evil maximization trap.

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Re:Facebook approves alcohol, vaping and gambling ads target... by t-writescode on Tuesday April 27, 2021 @10:34PM (#26964818)

This is probably the first time it's being reported in a meaningful way that their system enables targeting children for illegal products (presuming vaping is illegal in Australia or the United States for those under 18, which is a separate question, since the only one that passed looked like a vaping product if I understand what I saw in the article)

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