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Jaw fucking dropped
โIt could identify when they were feeling worthless or helpless or like a failure, and [Meta] would take that information and share it with advertisers"
She said the company was letting advertisers know when the teens were depressed so they could be served an ad at the best time. As an example, she suggested that if a teen girl deleted a selfie, advertisers might see that as a good time to sell her a beauty product as she may not be feeling great about her appearance. They also targeted teens with ads for weight loss when young girls had concerns around body confidence, Wynn-Williams said.
She claimed that Meta was aware that users aged 13-17 were a vulnerable but โvery valuableโ demographic to advertisers, which was the motive.
https://youtu.be/IUMUJgjDvU0
โIt could identify when they were feeling worthless or helpless or like a failure, and [Meta] would take that information and share it with advertisers"
She said the company was letting advertisers know when the teens were depressed so they could be served an ad at the best time. As an example, she suggested that if a teen girl deleted a selfie, advertisers might see that as a good time to sell her a beauty product as she may not be feeling great about her appearance. They also targeted teens with ads for weight loss when young girls had concerns around body confidence, Wynn-Williams said.
She claimed that Meta was aware that users aged 13-17 were a vulnerable but โvery valuableโ demographic to advertisers, which was the motive.
https://youtu.be/IUMUJgjDvU0
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The Social Reckoning That Wasn't
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Last month Meta agreed to pay up to $18 billion dollars to settle claims that it knowingly harmed teenagers โ a number the press immediately called Big Tech'sโฆ
Last month Meta agreed to pay up to $18 billion dollars to settle claims that it knowingly harmed teenagers โ a number the press immediately called Big Tech'sโฆ
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Really Cool Memes Actually
Jaw fucking dropped โIt could identify when they were feeling worthless or helpless or like a failure, and [Meta] would take that information and share it with advertisers" She said the company was letting advertisers know when the teens were depressed soโฆ
Metaโs own researchers concluded that this work demonstrated a causal link between removing like counts and reduced feelings of negative social comparison.
This is a clear example of Meta continuing to use a design feature that its own research had linked to harmful outcomes because removing the feature was estimated to reduce ad revenue by 1%.
https://metasinternalresearch.org/
This is a clear example of Meta continuing to use a design feature that its own research had linked to harmful outcomes because removing the feature was estimated to reduce ad revenue by 1%.
https://metasinternalresearch.org/
Metaโs Internal Research
What The Company Learned About Social Media and Harms to Mental Health from Dozens of Internal Studies