Earlier this month, I wrote about how search results on Facebook were dominated by anti-vaccine misinformationhttps://www.theguardian.com/media/2019/feb/01/facebook-youtube-anti-vaccination-misinformation-social-media?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other …
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This means Facebook knows who are the people susceptible to being persuaded that vaccines are ~controversial~ (their safety and efficacy certainly are not), and allows advertisers to bid for their attention.
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In the past, Facebook has argued that counter-speech to anti-vaxxer propaganda is better than censorship. But one pro-vaccine advocate told me she is completely outmatched on FB by the money one anti-vaxxer has raised on GoFundMehttps://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/feb/15/facebook-anti-vaccination-advertising-targeting-controversy?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other …
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She has a tiny non-profit and $50-100 per month to spend on Facebook ads. The admin of one large group has raised $80,000 over four years on GoFundMe, just for FB ads. Facebook profits either way. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/feb/15/facebook-anti-vaccination-advertising-targeting-controversy?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other …pic.twitter.com/o1EQpCHIZG
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In 2017, after ProPublica discovered horribly antisemitic ad targeting categories, Facebook said it was building “guardrails”. It did not respond to my requests for comment on the antivaxx categories.https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/feb/15/facebook-anti-vaccination-advertising-targeting-controversy?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other …
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Renee DiResta’s
@noUpside research and writing on this topic has been incredible, btw. This essay on Vitamin K shots is invaluable to understanding how we got to this placehttps://www.wired.com/story/the-complexity-of-simply-searching-for-medical-advice/ …Show this thread
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Honest to God make Facebook a storehouse for my photos and a calendar service for events and damn the rest of this nonsense!
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Blood, meet hands
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@ric_marchiori olha essa thread
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Well I mean Facebook is the worst....
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