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Since ads are targeted, only Facebook can know when an illegal ad is run. Are you suggesting Facebook should be reporting the people running ads to law enforcem

• cm2012 2y ago
  All fb ads + associated general targeting are public in ads library, the gov could enforce this on their own.
  • jessekv 2y ago
    Cool! TIL.
• marcosdumay 2y ago
  If they see people committing a crime, pretty much yes, they should report it. In general, they should not impede investigations, and not intently help criminals.
• ben_w 2y ago
  They claim the ads are targeted. Given that I've had ads for: • Both dick pills and boob surgery • A lawyer specialising in renouncing a citizenship I don't have for people who have moved to a country I don't live in • Local news for a city in Florida that I didn't know existed (and I'm not an American resident or citizen) • A library fun run in a city 903 km away with an entire extra country between me and it • An announcement, from a government of a country I don't live in, that a breed of dog I've never heard of, is to be banned (and I'm not a dog owner) I think that the claim "Meta knows how to target ads" is itself in the set of scams. The contents of my email's junk folder is significantly less wrong than this.
• AnthonyMouse 2y ago
  If everybody is using an ad blocker then it doesn't really matter what ads they run, does it? If some users don't use an ad blocker then there is obviously someone other than Facebook who knows when an illegal ad is run and can report it to law enforcement.