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29 Apr, 5 tweets, 3 min read
"Facebook approves alcohol, vaping, gambling and dating ads targeting teens, lobby group finds" by Conor Duffy for @abcnews
abc.net.au/news/2021-04-2…
@abcnews "What we found was there was no difference in the way they were treating teenager's data," Reset Australia executive director Chris Cooper said.
@abcnews "It enabled advertisers to buy access to those profiles and target teenagers around very questionable interest areas such as gambling, smoking, alcohol and even their dating status."
And Facebook wants to create an Instagram for kids...
buzzfeednews.com/article/ryanma…
Facebook harvesting teens' data to on-sell to alcohol, vaping, gambling advertisers | @abcnews

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