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As someone who just had to use their "ads manager", I can only hope they disappear from the EU. First of all, it's creepy as hell how detailed the target group

As someone who just had to use their "ads manager", I can only hope they disappear from the EU. First of all, it's creepy as hell how detailed the target group can be chosen. Second, the ads manager itself is a violation of human rights. I'm not kidding, I was flagged for "suspicious behavior" for trying to launch an innocent ad campaign for my German fantasy novel and their "support representatives" (named "Mary", "Amy", "Pat"...) weren't able to tell me what could have gone wrong in a total of 3 hours of chatting. If there is anything like algorithmic discrimination, then it's definitely to be found in this bizarre software they are using and cannot explain themselves. It's amazing that Facebook still exists. Ironically, however, a previous campaign for one of my novels did work so somehow all the data collection does work for targeting potentially interested people. I guess that's the reason why they still exist despite all those deficiencies and rights violations.

jondubois 6y ago
True. Also, it's about time the EU got its own Facebook, its own Google, etc... Just like the US, China and Russia. Right now the EU is getting juiced. The fiat economy is attention driven and fully controlled by the government so it makes no sense that EU industry should operate under the thumb of the US Federal Reserve Bank. If we're going to continue with the current government driven fiat economy, at least make sure it operates under our own government.
- AstralStorm 6y ago
  We used to have one in Poland until Facebook ate it essentially whole. It still exists in vestigial form, called Nasza Klasa. (designed for class reunions)
  - jondubois 6y ago
    It's pretty clear to me now that Facebook likely received a lot of help and special treatment from the US government because they saw it as a tool for global control. The US, China and Russia understood this. The EU did not. That's why the EU tried to fight back with small regulations, but it just wasn't enough. Foreign media companies need to be regulated out of existence if the EU intends to keep its sovereignty and competitive edge. On the plus side, I think this ordeal has toughened EU industry. It's been a massive stress test. Now we have a very resilient and robust industry which is ready to receive its fair share of eyeballs.

jondubois 6y ago

True. Also, it's about time the EU got its own Facebook, its own Google, etc... Just like the US, China and Russia. Right now the EU is getting juiced. The fiat economy is attention driven and fully controlled by the government so it makes no sense that EU industry should operate under the thumb of the US Federal Reserve Bank. If we're going to continue with the current government driven fiat economy, at least make sure it operates under our own government.

AstralStorm 6y ago
We used to have one in Poland until Facebook ate it essentially whole. It still exists in vestigial form, called Nasza Klasa. (designed for class reunions)
- jondubois 6y ago
  It's pretty clear to me now that Facebook likely received a lot of help and special treatment from the US government because they saw it as a tool for global control. The US, China and Russia understood this. The EU did not. That's why the EU tried to fight back with small regulations, but it just wasn't enough. Foreign media companies need to be regulated out of existence if the EU intends to keep its sovereignty and competitive edge. On the plus side, I think this ordeal has toughened EU industry. It's been a massive stress test. Now we have a very resilient and robust industry which is ready to receive its fair share of eyeballs.