“In 2017, ‘a confidential doc is leaked that reveals Facebook offering advertisers the opportunity to target 13-to-17yos across platforms during moments of psychological vulnerability when they feel ‘worthless,’ ‘insecure,’ ‘stressed,’ ‘defeated,’ ‘anxious,’ ‘stupid,’ ‘useless’ & ‘like a failure.’ Or target them when worried about their bodies & thinking of losing weight.’
They knew when a teen deleted a selfie & would bombard her w beauty ads, assuming she deleted it bc she felt ugly.” /1
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Quite right too - no opportunity to make a few bucks should ever be eschewed even if it means doing profound psychological damage to adolescents at an extremely vulnerable stage in their lives.
