alt Hacker NewsI agree with that. If profiling-based ads were allowed, minors would no longer receive ads for booze and porn. They'd have to ask their older brother about the real internet, which is embarrassing.
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jacquesm • today at 1:30 PM
It goes well beyond booze and porn.
lenerdenator • today at 1:27 PM
Or find it themselves.
Good thing no one did that in the mid-00s. Nope. Nobody. God, can you imagine if they had?
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Meta profiled for vulnerable, low self-esteem minors (eg by monitoring added and quickly removed photos). It was used by advisers to push ads for beauty & lifestyle products feeding on depressed teenagers. Booze is non issue compared to that.