By the way. There is a lot to say about all this, except "we were blindsided." The dangers of micro-targeting were evident, and many academics and others tried to warn Facebook for years. And years. But the whole business model depends on it... ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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Yes. The ads are mere hooks to find audiences to spread “organically” from. That’s why the terribly belated ad-reform won’t fix it all. Still, should have had it all along.https://twitter.com/noupside/status/1030864046235385856 …
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True facts. There’s a big push right now in Ad Tech to be ready for the coming election. There is a lot of money on the table.
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There were a lot of useful idiots on the American left saying the same thing, abetted by Russian propaganda, in light of Clinton's husband's welfare reform and crime bill despite her Senate record of child care assistance for poor parents and sentencing reform. Useful idiots > RU
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In the end, is this different than traditional attack ads? Is being too effective a strike? If Facebook. Says these are not effective, then they can lose ad sales. If they are too effective, they get blamed. This is also why I limited my Facebook usage to only people I know.
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White conservatives and racist institutions in America have been doing the same thing since the Jim Crow era.
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^ not micro-targeting but trying to achieve the same objective of suppressing the Black vote.
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@facebook is deplorable! Seriously,#deletefacebookThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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