Facebook furious at FTC after agency proposes ban on monetizing youth data

Re:Facebook furious at FTC after agency proposes ban on mone... by jason-phillips on Thursday May 04, 2023 @09:02AM (#35814596)

In practical terms, Mark is a target. You're not.

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Re:Facebook furious at FTC after agency proposes ban on mone... by onlyrealcuzzo on Thursday May 04, 2023 @09:30AM (#35815009)

In more practical terms, it's because his business prints billions per year by selling you ads.

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Re:Facebook furious at FTC after agency proposes ban on mone... by ben_w on Thursday May 04, 2023 @09:10AM (#35814702)

When surveillance is cheap enough, everyone's a target.

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Re:Facebook furious at FTC after agency proposes ban on mone... by actionfromafar on Thursday May 04, 2023 @09:34AM (#35815076)

Perhaps, but then you're a mark. We all are.

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Re:Facebook furious at FTC after agency proposes ban on mone... by traceroute66 on Thursday May 04, 2023 @09:22AM (#35814872)

> Mark is a target. You're not.

Define the word "target".

I would argue that for the likes of Facebook and Google, they consider anyone fair game.

Of course they would never use the word "target", but ...

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Re:Facebook furious at FTC after agency proposes ban on mone... by SuperCuber on Thursday May 04, 2023 @11:12AM (#35816649)

I work in adtech. Terms like "Targetted advertising" and "Retargeting" are very common.

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Re:Facebook furious at FTC after agency proposes ban on mone... by wkat4242 on Thursday May 04, 2023 @09:21AM (#35814856)

We all very much are. This is the entire business model of Google and Meta

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Re:Facebook furious at FTC after agency proposes ban on mone... by Shish2k on Friday May 05, 2023 @05:29AM (#35827010)

There’s a difference between “targeted for advertising” and “targeted for a bullet”...

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