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I wonder what the reasoning for disabling the account is. It would be extremely funny if the T&Cs said you can’t expose FB as creepy. :D

martimarkov 5y ago
Someone mentioned that it’s the “No Text” if anyone else was wondering
- tgsovlerkhgsel 5y ago
  Which contradicts Facebook's written policy, so I doubt it: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27040800 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27040800 (although Instagram could have different rules)
  - disgruntledphd2 5y ago
    It's probably the personal data clause. Something like you may not call out personal characteristics of an individual in your ad.
- shakna 5y ago
  That rule no longer exists, so it isn't that. It's far more likely to be the "no personal attributes" [0] rule. [0] https://facebook.com/policies/ads/prohibited_content/personal_attributes https://facebook.com/policies/ads/prohibited_content/persona...
tgsovlerkhgsel 5y ago
For personalized ads, Google bans [1] ads that "Imply knowledge of personally identifiable or sensitive information". Facebook has something similar [2] but much narrower. "Gender Identity" is among the categories though ("LGBTQ adoption" in the first ad), as are medical conditions ("pregnancy exercises" in the second ad). [1] https://support.google.com/adspolicy/answer/143465 https://support.google.com/adspolicy/answer/143465 [2] https://www.facebook.com/policies/ads/prohibited_content/personal_attributes# https://www.facebook.com/policies/ads/prohibited_content/per...
- Dylan16807 5y ago
  Claiming that "LGBTQ" is a claim of gender identity is a stretch. And, wait, does that rule apply to marketing manly products for men? If they're using "gender identity" as a euphemism for "non-cis gender identity" that's kind of awful. It reminds me of the people that say they don't have pronouns.
- josephcsible 5y ago
  "Imply knowledge of personally identifiable or sensitive information" That's golden. It's perfectly okay to track users and collect their personally identifiable or sensitive information, and to serve them targeted ads based on it, but you must never let them know you're doing so.

martimarkov 5y ago

Someone mentioned that it’s the “No Text” if anyone else was wondering

tgsovlerkhgsel 5y ago
Which contradicts Facebook's written policy, so I doubt it: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27040800 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27040800 (although Instagram could have different rules)
- disgruntledphd2 5y ago
  It's probably the personal data clause. Something like you may not call out personal characteristics of an individual in your ad.
shakna 5y ago
That rule no longer exists, so it isn't that. It's far more likely to be the "no personal attributes" [0] rule. [0] https://facebook.com/policies/ads/prohibited_content/personal_attributes https://facebook.com/policies/ads/prohibited_content/persona...

tgsovlerkhgsel 5y ago

For personalized ads, Google bans [1] ads that "Imply knowledge of personally identifiable or sensitive information". Facebook has something similar [2] but much narrower. "Gender Identity" is among the categories though ("LGBTQ adoption" in the first ad), as are medical conditions ("pregnancy exercises" in the second ad). [1] https://support.google.com/adspolicy/answer/143465 https://support.google.com/adspolicy/answer/143465 [2] https://www.facebook.com/policies/ads/prohibited_content/personal_attributes# https://www.facebook.com/policies/ads/prohibited_content/per...

Dylan16807 5y ago
Claiming that "LGBTQ" is a claim of gender identity is a stretch. And, wait, does that rule apply to marketing manly products for men? If they're using "gender identity" as a euphemism for "non-cis gender identity" that's kind of awful. It reminds me of the people that say they don't have pronouns.
josephcsible 5y ago
"Imply knowledge of personally identifiable or sensitive information" That's golden. It's perfectly okay to track users and collect their personally identifiable or sensitive information, and to serve them targeted ads based on it, but you must never let them know you're doing so.