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Meta whistleblower Sarah Wynn-Williams says company targeted teens with advertisements based on their ‘emotional state’ (techcrunch.com)

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[-] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago

Good thing InstaFlow exists

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What's that weird write out on their webpage? It reads like a super cringy AI generated Instagram ad.

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There's a lot of fake versions, the real one is on Telegram and YouTube

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What do they mean by targeted? Like targeted how and with what if they're talking about using the already targeted advertising data that shows a teen is receiving ads for emotional stuff?

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