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If you want to solve the problem its relatively easy. Follow the money. Ban micro targeting by advertisers, with only textual context and location allowed. Ban
by throw2016 8y ago
If you want to solve the problem its relatively easy. Follow the money.
Ban micro targeting by advertisers, with only textual context and location allowed. Ban platforms like Google and Facebook from offering micro targeting. Marketing managers and their agencies will be held accountable.
This should be easy to enforce and will stop the creepy stalking and data hoovering at source as there is no incentive.
But no one wants to solve the problem, only go through the motions of solving it. These capabilities are too valuable for government and propaganda.
- hbosch 8y agoThere was a statement by Senator Sullivan that I found revelatory, if not surprising; he talked about how almost every single lobbyist in D.C. is involved in the Facebook scandal in one way or another. I had never really considered the fact that virtually zero special interest groups can possibly be neutral here... tobacco, firearms, alcohol, religious groups, food and agriculture, entertainment, finance, the government itself as well as quasi-government orgs (DNC, RNC, PACs) — every single one of these has grown to rely heavily on micro-targeted advertising in modern times. Stripping FB of the means to micro-target doesn't just affect FB's bottom line, it potentially affects every industry in the country, perhaps even the entire first world. Do you think any Congressperson will sever a lucrative outreach opportunities for these groups, who are also their largest donors?