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Meta whistleblower Sarah Wynn-Williams says company targeted ads at teens based on their ‘emotional state’ (techcrunch.com)
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[–] kamstrup@programming.dev 4 points 1 week ago

Targeting vulnerable people based on metadata with any form of commercial intent, is morally and ethically highly questionable! A vulnerable person is by definition extremely susceptible to exploitation. Assuming that companies are gonna act out of philanthropy and goodness of their hearts seems a bit naiive.