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I, personally, think this is sickening and despicable behavior by a corporate entity to exploit teenagers, not that it's probably that unusual. Especially considering what tobacco companies did for decades. But if corporations are going to rake in such outrageous profits as Facebook does, they should have some moral obligation to protect their clientele from potentially damaging techniques.
The Australian, which says it got its hands on some leaked internal Facebook documents.
The 23-page document allegedly revealed that the social network provided detailed data about teens in Australia—including when they felt “overwhelmed” and “anxious”—to advertisers. The creepy implication is that said advertisers could then go and use the data to throw more ads down the throats of sad and susceptible teens.
I, personally, think this is sickening and despicable behavior by a corporate entity to exploit teenagers, not that it's probably that unusual. Especially considering what tobacco companies did for decades. But if corporations are going to rake in such outrageous profits as Facebook does, they should have some moral obligation to protect their clientele from potentially damaging techniques.