You are conflating 'targetting = harm' with the more broad concern of 'private information in private hands = harm'. It's a huge stretch to say 'targetted ads

You are conflating 'targetting = harm' with the more broad concern of 'private information in private hands = harm'. It's a huge stretch to say 'targetted ads disrupt elections'. What if we could to 'perfect targetting' without invasion of privacy? Well, the 'Evil Russians' would still be able to try to use ads. They are completely separate issues. 'The Russians' FYI mostly use FB pages, Reddit pages and fake groups to generate outrage, not just ads. There isn't really specific harm to individuals by FB having this information. It 'feels' creepy, but it's really not a material issue. It's something we would rather not have, obviously, and there are elements of privacy we definitely don't want to give up (ie intimate moments haard by Alexa), but in general not something that's bad.