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Fri Sep 15, 2017, 08:18 AM
And Another Reason To Hate Facebook......
Tracking algorithms, unwanted facial recognition, selling your information, oh, and that little thing about helping the Russians target American voters with fake news stories-along with all the other weird human behavior Facebook encourages (excuse me a second whilst I post this picture of the epic toast I had for breakfast). As if that isn't enough to prove that Facebook is an element of the end of civilized society, we now find that they will allow anyone to target any group with advertising, as long as you pay....Jew haters? How to burn the Jews? History of why the Jews ruin the world? Yes, that's my target audience. The fact that Facebook allows people to identify themselves with these characteristics and interests in order for them to BE targeted speaks volumes.
Read the rest here: https://www.propublica.org/article/facebook-enabled-advertisers-to-reach-jew-haters
And Another Reason To Hate Facebook...... (Original post)
Laxman Sep 2017 OP
This really gives me an optimistic view of the future
Dread Pirate Roberts Sep 2017 #1
Facebook's Offensive Ad Targeting Options Go Far Beyond "Jew Haters"
dalton99a Sep 2017 #2
We Probably Should Mount A Facebook Campaign.....
Laxman Sep 2017 #3
gilligan Sep 2017 #4
Facebook got some 'splaining to do.
FailureToCommunicate Sep 2017 #5
KKK boasting: We killed six million Jews the last time, he answered. Eleven million is nothing.
keithbvadu2 Sep 2017 #6
There's no way to quit Facebook, is there.
forgotmylogin Sep 2017 #7
And photographs, with everyone identified
dalton99a Sep 2017 #8
malaise Sep 2017 #9
Laxman Sep 2017 #11
malaise Sep 2017 #12
Buying FAKE Likes---Penny Stock SHAMS do that all the time
Bengus81 Sep 2017 #10
This Activity....
Laxman Sep 2017 #13
Intresting Update.....
Laxman Sep 2017 #14
Response to Laxman (Original post)
Dread Pirate Roberts (1,363 posts)
1. This really gives me an optimistic view of the future
Your audience selection is great! That's a nice touch. Potential audience size 108,000 people. Who are these people?
Fri Sep 15, 2017, 09:00 AM
2. Facebook's Offensive Ad Targeting Options Go Far Beyond "Jew Haters"
It took Facebook’s system just one minute to give the green light to an ad targeting these options:
http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2017/09/14/facebook_let_advertisers_target_jew_haters_it_doesn_t_end_there.html
Facebook’s Offensive Ad Targeting Options Go Far Beyond “Jew Haters”
By Will Oremus and Bill Carey
Sept. 14 2017 6:33 PM
3. We Probably Should Mount A Facebook Campaign.....
to boycott Facebook! Seriously, I suppose these people exist, Facebook or not. It's the analysis, and the parsing of data, and the collection of information and the use of that information that alters everything. Our pluralistic democratic system needs to adjust to these capabilities and to come to grips with the "low information" behaviors of the majority of our society.
Fri Sep 15, 2017, 09:48 AM
gilligan (174 posts)
4. Facebook?
Well never saw much use in catching up or staying in touch with people i didn't need in my life anymore.
Fri Sep 15, 2017, 10:33 AM
FailureToCommunicate (11,442 posts)
5. Facebook got some 'splaining to do.
More and more each day:
https://www.democraticunderground.com/10029595937
Fri Sep 15, 2017, 10:38 AM
keithbvadu2 (15,980 posts)
6. KKK boasting: We killed six million Jews the last time, he answered. Eleven million is nothing.
KKK boasting:
“We killed six million Jews the last time,” he answered. “Eleven million is nothing.”
http://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/nation-world/national/article167939222.html
Fri Sep 15, 2017, 10:44 AM
forgotmylogin (6,332 posts)
7. There's no way to quit Facebook, is there.
Even if you "delete" your account, they still have all your info.
Response to forgotmylogin (Reply #7)
Fri Sep 15, 2017, 10:45 AM
8. And photographs, with everyone identified
Fri Sep 15, 2017, 10:46 AM
9. PHEW!
I never signed up on Facebook
Fri Sep 15, 2017, 10:54 AM
11. Of All People....
You should stay away from Facebook. God only knows what kind of targeted stuff your profile would attract!
Response to Laxman (Reply #11)
Fri Sep 15, 2017, 11:28 AM
12. Hehehehe
Fri Sep 15, 2017, 10:47 AM
10. Buying FAKE Likes---Penny Stock SHAMS do that all the time
In fact many of them have shifted PR totally to FB. Unlike other places it's free,they can delete any message they don't agree with and like I said you can buy Likes by the thousands from certain people.
Response to Bengus81 (Reply #10)
13. This Activity....
is beyond the contemplation of existing campaign and election laws and is also so ripe for abuse. And for Facebook....well, the money is all that's important.
Fri Sep 15, 2017, 05:39 PM
14. Intresting Update.....
a free and independent press does have a value....
In the wake of ProPublica’s report Thursday that Facebook advertisers could have directed pitches to almost 2,300 people interested in “Jew hater” and other anti-Semitic topics, the world’s largest social network said it would no longer allow advertisers to target groups identified by self-reported information.
Facebook had already removed the anti-Semitic categories — which also included “How to burn jews” and “History of ‘why jews ruin the world’” — after we asked the company about them earlier this week. Then, after our article was published, Slate reported that Facebook advertisers could target people interested in other topics such as “Kill Muslim Radicals” and “Ku-Klux-Klan.” Facebook’s algorithm automatically transforms people’s self-reported interests, employers and fields of study into advertising categories.
Because audiences in the hateful categories were “incredibly low,” the ad campaigns targeting them reached “an extremely small number of people,” Facebook said. Its statement didn’t identify the advertisers. Conceivably, those who might find it helpful to target anti-Semites could range from recruiters for far-right groups to marketers of Nazi memorabilia.
read the rest here: https://www.propublica.org/article/facebook-moves-to-prevent-advertisers-from-targeting-haters
And Another Reason To Hate Facebook...... - Democratic Underground
DU Home » Latest Threads » Forums & Groups » Main » General Discussion (Forum) » And Another Reason To Hat...
Fri Sep 15, 2017, 08:18 AM
And Another Reason To Hate Facebook......
Tracking algorithms, unwanted facial recognition, selling your information, oh, and that little thing about helping the Russians target American voters with fake news stories-along with all the other weird human behavior Facebook encourages (excuse me a second whilst I post this picture of the epic toast I had for breakfast). As if that isn't enough to prove that Facebook is an element of the end of civilized society, we now find that they will allow anyone to target any group with advertising, as long as you pay....Jew haters? How to burn the Jews? History of why the Jews ruin the world? Yes, that's my target audience. The fact that Facebook allows people to identify themselves with these characteristics and interests in order for them to BE targeted speaks volumes.
Read the rest here: https://www.propublica.org/article/facebook-enabled-advertisers-to-reach-jew-haters
And Another Reason To Hate Facebook...... (Original post)
Laxman Sep 2017 OP
This really gives me an optimistic view of the future
Dread Pirate Roberts Sep 2017 #1
Facebook's Offensive Ad Targeting Options Go Far Beyond "Jew Haters"
dalton99a Sep 2017 #2
We Probably Should Mount A Facebook Campaign.....
Laxman Sep 2017 #3
gilligan Sep 2017 #4
Facebook got some 'splaining to do.
FailureToCommunicate Sep 2017 #5
KKK boasting: We killed six million Jews the last time, he answered. Eleven million is nothing.
keithbvadu2 Sep 2017 #6
There's no way to quit Facebook, is there.
forgotmylogin Sep 2017 #7
And photographs, with everyone identified
dalton99a Sep 2017 #8
malaise Sep 2017 #9
Laxman Sep 2017 #11
malaise Sep 2017 #12
Buying FAKE Likes---Penny Stock SHAMS do that all the time
Bengus81 Sep 2017 #10
This Activity....
Laxman Sep 2017 #13
Intresting Update.....
Laxman Sep 2017 #14
Response to Laxman (Original post)
Dread Pirate Roberts (1,363 posts)
1. This really gives me an optimistic view of the future
Your audience selection is great! That's a nice touch. Potential audience size 108,000 people. Who are these people?
Fri Sep 15, 2017, 09:00 AM
2. Facebook's Offensive Ad Targeting Options Go Far Beyond "Jew Haters"
It took Facebook’s system just one minute to give the green light to an ad targeting these options:
http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2017/09/14/facebook_let_advertisers_target_jew_haters_it_doesn_t_end_there.html
Facebook’s Offensive Ad Targeting Options Go Far Beyond “Jew Haters”
By Will Oremus and Bill Carey
Sept. 14 2017 6:33 PM
3. We Probably Should Mount A Facebook Campaign.....
to boycott Facebook! Seriously, I suppose these people exist, Facebook or not. It's the analysis, and the parsing of data, and the collection of information and the use of that information that alters everything. Our pluralistic democratic system needs to adjust to these capabilities and to come to grips with the "low information" behaviors of the majority of our society.
Fri Sep 15, 2017
, 09:48 AM
gilligan (174 posts)
4. Facebook?
Well never saw much use in catching up or staying in touch with people i didn't need in my life anymore.
Fri Sep 15, 2017, 10:33 AM
FailureToCommunicate (11,442 posts)
5. Facebook got some 'splaining to do.
More and more each day:
https://www.democraticunderground.com/10029595937
Fri Sep 15, 2017, 10:38 AM
keithbvadu2 (15,980 posts)
6. KKK boasting: We killed six million Jews the last time, he answered. Eleven million is nothing.
KKK boasting:
“We killed six million Jews the last time,” he answered. “Eleven million is nothing.”
http://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/nation-world/national/article167939222.html
Fri Sep 15, 2017, 10:44 AM
forgotmylogin (6,332 posts)
7. There's no way to quit Facebook, is there.
Even if you "delete" your account, they still have all your info.
Response to forgotmylogin (Reply #7)
Fri Sep 15, 2017, 10:45 AM
8. And photographs, with everyone identified
Fri Sep 15, 2017, 10:46 AM
9. PHEW!
I never signed up on Facebook
Fri Sep 15, 2017, 10:54 AM
11. Of All People....
You should stay away from Facebook. God only knows what kind of targeted stuff your profile would attract!
Response to Laxman (Reply #11)
Fri Sep 15, 2017, 11:28 AM
12. Hehehehe
Fri Sep 15, 2017, 10:47 AM
10. Buying FAKE Likes---Penny Stock SHAMS do that all the time
In fact many of them have shifted PR totally to FB. Unlike other places it's free,they can delete any message they don't agree with and like I said you can buy Likes by the thousands from certain people.
Response to Bengus81 (Reply #10)
13. This Activity....
is beyond the contemplation of existing campaign and election laws and is also so ripe for abuse. And for Facebook....well, the money is all that's important.
Fri Sep 15, 2017, 05:39 PM
14. Intresting Update.....
a free and independent press does have a value....
In the wake of ProPublica’s report Thursday that Facebook advertisers could have directed pitches to almost 2,300 people interested in “Jew hater” and other anti-Semitic topics, the world’s largest social network said it would no longer allow advertisers to target groups identified by self-reported information.
Facebook had already removed the anti-Semitic categories — which also included “How to burn jews” and “History of ‘why jews ruin the world’” — after we asked the company about them earlier this week. Then, after our article was published, Slate reported that Facebook advertisers could target people interested in other topics such as “Kill Muslim Radicals” and “Ku-Klux-Klan.” Facebook’s algorithm automatically transforms people’s self-reported interests, employers and fields of study into advertising categories.
Because audiences in the hateful categories were “incredibly low,” the ad campaigns targeting them reached “an extremely small number of people,” Facebook said. Its statement didn’t identify the advertisers. Conceivably, those who might find it helpful to target anti-Semites could range from recruiters for far-right groups to marketers of Nazi memorabilia.
read the rest here: https://www.propublica.org/article/facebook-moves-to-prevent-advertisers-from-targeting-haters