This is related to a question @LesleyRStahl asked CEO of Google YouTube on @60Minutes last night. When the social media platform is actually recommending harmful content, does that change liability? In this case, Instagram reported to be recommending young girls to pedophiles.
There are many examples where microtargeting plus harmful content/context are toxic. Illegal drugs ads microtargeted to addict, political disinfo microtargeted to vulnerable. Put any of these algorithmic recommendations into offline world and it wouldn’t be tolerated.
Back to the first story, imagine a service showing up at a pedophile’s front door with a photo album of young girls. And then imagine advertisers supporting that service. They very much are - in the tens of billions. @DamianCollins
