“Media giant Cox Media Group (CMG) says it can target adverts based on what potential customers said out loud near device microphones, and explicitly points to Facebook, Google, Amazon, and Bing as CMG partners, according to a CMG presentation obtained by 404 Media.”
https://www.404media.co/heres-the-pitch-deck-for-active-listening-ad-targeting/
@aral "Google told 404 Media in a statement that “All advertisers must comply with all applicable laws and regulations as well as our Google Ads policies, and when we identify ads or advertisers that violate these policies, we will take appropriate action.” The company said it had removed CMG from the Partners Program after a Google review.
Amazon told 404 Media in a statement that “Amazon Ads has never worked with CMG on this program and has no plans to do so.”"
@noodlejetski Thank goodness there are good surveillance capitalists out there.