Facebook *has* done & published research on identifying people's race/ethnicity by name. http://www.aaai.org/ocs/index.php/ICWSM/ICWSM10/paper/view/1534/1828 …https://twitter.com/nathanjurgenson/status/710852971899330561 …
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@zeynep but also the detail between "identifying" and ad "targeting", seemingly an important distinction for FB
@nathanjurgenson I'd believe they don't (yet) target based on everything they can identify. But that's the way it's going: more targeting.
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