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If It's Advertised to You Online, You Probably Shouldn't Buy It. Here's why [telecom]

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  If It's Advertised to You Online, You Probably Shouldn't Buy It. Here's why [telecom] "The Telecom Digest" <submissions@telecom-digest.org> - 2023-04-20 17:13 +0000

#14046 — If It's Advertised to You Online, You Probably Shouldn't Buy It. Here's why [telecom]

From"The Telecom Digest" <submissions@telecom-digest.org>
Date2023-04-20 17:13 +0000
SubjectIf It's Advertised to You Online, You Probably Shouldn't Buy It. Here's why [telecom]
Message-ID<20230420171343.GA95446@telecomdigest.us>
By Julia Angwin

If you saw a Facebook ad recently for Jeremy’s Razors, which bills
itself as a “woke-free” razor for men, you may well be a father of
school-age children who likes ultimate fighting, Hershey’s chocolate,
hunting or Johnny Cash. This is according to Facebook’s ad library,
which describes the audiences to which marketers target their
advertisements.

I can see why Jeremy’s Razors is focusing its ad dollars on men who
might appreciate its hypermasculine message. But the reverse is not as
clear: Are these men better off for having been pitched an “anti-woke”
razor?

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/06/opinion/online-advertising-privacy-data-surveillance-consumer-quality.html

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