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This is the result of data-driven marketing - they know a good chunk of their base are drug users and will actively take money to illicitly market to them. This

This is the result of data-driven marketing - they know a good chunk of their base are drug users and will actively take money to illicitly market to them. This was already known from Cambridge Analytica scandal. They take money any way they can. Companies that get this big monetarily are ALWAYS guilty of having obtained that money the wrong way. Facebook, Google, Apple, you name it.

Calvin02 3y ago
I really doubt that any of these companies want the bad publicity that comes with illicit drugs. As someone who works on integrity for a small ad platform, I can tell you that there is no way to prevent 100% of the bad things from going through. We are tiny and still deal with highly motivated bad actors. Fwiw, Google has also had a problem with this and has paid half a billion in fines. https://www.businessinsider.com/google-loophole-buying-drugs-online-hijack-website-2023-9 https://www.businessinsider.com/google-loophole-buying-drugs...
- ethanwillis 3y ago
  It's not about want or desire. It's about what's profitable and survivable.
- wolverine876 3y ago
  > there is no way to prevent 100% of the bad things from going through That makes certain assumptions about technology and business model? If humans reviewed every ad, the way newspapers once reviewed classified ads, then you could detect near-100% of them. Somehow tech companies have convinced everyone that they have a right to automation and an associated business model and profits, and that the right trumps even criminal activity. Obviously, overwhelmingly - based on massive illegal sales (not just drugs, not just ads), propaganda, fraud, scams, horrific abuse of children [0] - that technology and business model have failed completely. [0] https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/interactive/2024/764-predator-discord-telegram/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/interactive/20...

Calvin02 3y ago

I really doubt that any of these companies want the bad publicity that comes with illicit drugs. As someone who works on integrity for a small ad platform, I can tell you that there is no way to prevent 100% of the bad things from going through. We are tiny and still deal with highly motivated bad actors. Fwiw, Google has also had a problem with this and has paid half a billion in fines. https://www.businessinsider.com/google-loophole-buying-drugs-online-hijack-website-2023-9 https://www.businessinsider.com/google-loophole-buying-drugs...

ethanwillis 3y ago
It's not about want or desire. It's about what's profitable and survivable.
wolverine876 3y ago
> there is no way to prevent 100% of the bad things from going through That makes certain assumptions about technology and business model? If humans reviewed every ad, the way newspapers once reviewed classified ads, then you could detect near-100% of them. Somehow tech companies have convinced everyone that they have a right to automation and an associated business model and profits, and that the right trumps even criminal activity. Obviously, overwhelmingly - based on massive illegal sales (not just drugs, not just ads), propaganda, fraud, scams, horrific abuse of children [0] - that technology and business model have failed completely. [0] https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/interactive/2024/764-predator-discord-telegram/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/interactive/20...