Meta whistleblower Sarah Wynn-Williams says company targeted ads at teens based on their ‘emotional state’
https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/09/meta-whistleblower-sarah-wynn-williams-says-company-targeted-ads-at-teens-based-on-their-emotional-state/
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Ep1cFac3pa1m@lemmy.world · 23 pts · 1y
I’m ok with it if they were targeting vulnerable teens with ads for how to improve their lives…but somehow I doubt that’s what happened.
Jimius@discuss.tchncs.de · 23 pts · 1y
kamstrup@programming.dev · 4 pts · 1y
Targeting vulnerable people based on metadata with any form of commercial intent, is morally and ethically highly questionable! A vulnerable person is by definition extremely susceptible to exploitation. Assuming that companies are gonna act out of philanthropy and goodness of their hearts seems a bit naiive.
kefalos@reddthat.com · 12 pts · 1y
“And you know this how?”
“They paid me a million buck a year to build it, your honour “
nick@midwest.social · 6 pts · 1y
I’m listening to this book. It’s fucking infuriating
unemployedclaquer@sopuli.xyz · -16 pts · 1y
nick@midwest.social · 13 pts · 1y
The fuck language is this
unemployedclaquer@sopuli.xyz · -12 pts · 1y
Someone who watches crap, good crap, the fediverse is like yeah