Facebook helped advertisers target teens who feel “worthless”
“Facebook's algorithms can determine, and allow advertisers to pinpoint, ‘moments when young people need a confidence boost.’”
Can estimate when teens feel “worthless,” “insecure,” “defeated,” “anxious,” “silly,” “useless,” “stupid,” “overwhelmed,” “stressed,” and “a failure.”
Via twitter.com/@lldzne
@aral Targetted advertising's ultimate unethical conclusion, though I'm sure they'll find some sort of way to be worse.
@maiyannah These are just the stories we hear due to the occasional leak or screw up. Imagine what goes on internally that we don't hear about.
@aral I imagine pretty much advertiser is doing this and deep into it, too.
