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This isn't failure of anything. It's targeted advertising. They meant to do that. The system is working, "as advertised."
by a3n 6y ago
This isn't failure of anything. It's targeted advertising. They meant to do that. The system is working, "as advertised."
- mminer237 6y agoThis is a failure of targeted advertising. Do you think Facebook would approve this if they had a human looking at the algorithm?
- a3n 6y agoYes. Targeted advertisement, and the resulting money, is the entire purpose of Facebook. Automation just makes the process faster. And cheaper; you know, that whole money thing. I abhor both Parler and Facebook. In the context of these threads, I don't think either has done anything illegal, which is what passes for "ethics" in our economy. Of course IANAL. I don't think Apple, Google and Amazon did anything illegal to Parler. And until these kinds of companies are legally and explicitly made into utilities, I don't think we can expect them to do anything except whatever they want.
- mminer237 6y agoThey want to target their ads in general, but they don't actually want to sell military gear to insurrectionists. It was just the AI working too well. Once they noticed, they have now blanket banned such ads until after the inauguration: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-protests-facebook/facebook-to-ban-ads-promoting-weapon-accessories-protective-gear-in-u-s-idUSKBN29L0S5 https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-protests-facebo...