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Jason Kint @jason_kint
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No words. "an interest group that Facebook pegged at 168,000 users large and defined as *people who have expressed an interest or like pages related to White genocide conspiracy theory*” theintercept.com/2018/11/02/fac…
Once you read it, consider this: "The paid promotion was approved by Facebook’s advertising wing. After we contacted the company for comment, Facebook promptly deleted the targeting category, apologized, and said it should have never existed in the first place."
advertisers should consider the implications here if Facebook is able to stuff this interest category with 168,000+ people. Always brings up serious questions around Facebook's algorithmically generated interest groups for micro-targeting.
Bottom-line, though, this is facilitating hate and commerce around it. Exactly what @SenKamalaHarris smartly probed at both Zuckerberg and Sandberg hearings this year. And @DamianCollins @JoStevensLabour rest of @CommonsCMS have probed in their sessions. theintercept.com/2018/11/02/fac…
I’m sure the algorithm auto-adjusts its dials when it senses humans being disgusting idiots. mailchi.mp/cnn/rs-nov-2-2…
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