FTC Proposes Blanket Prohibition Preventing Facebook from Monetizing Youth Data
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Re: FTC Proposes Blanket Prohibition Preventing Facebook from Monetizing Youth Data
#2This is just more unworkable bullshit from the FTC...really looks like a vendetta at this point...
Re: FTC Proposes Blanket Prohibition Preventing Facebook from Monetizing Youth Data
#3Facebook's response [0]:
- "a political stunt"
- "...no opportunity to discuss this new, totally unprecedented theory."
- "Let’s be clear about what the FTC is trying to do: usurp the authority of Congress to set industry-wide standards and instead single out one American company while allowing Chinese companies, like TikTok, to operate without constraint on American soil,"
That last bit might be valid in part, but I'm just here for the schadenfreude.
[0] https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/05/ftc-says-faceboo...
Re: FTC Proposes Blanket Prohibition Preventing Facebook from Monetizing Youth Data
#4This is just more unworkable bullshit from the FTC...really looks like a vendetta at this point...
The unworkable bit, which I really hope we're moving toward over time, is banning all monetization of personal data for advertising purposes.
Re: FTC Proposes Blanket Prohibition Preventing Facebook from Monetizing Youth Data
#5This is just more unworkable bullshit from the FTC...really looks like a vendetta at this point...
The unworkable bit, which I really hope we're moving toward over time, is banning all monetization of personal data for advertising purposes.
Right, so how do small business reach consumers?
Enjoy all the viagra ads!
Re: FTC Proposes Blanket Prohibition Preventing Facebook from Monetizing Youth Data
#6Amazon health just has people agree they can violate hipaa, what's preventing anyone from updating their eula and ignoring this?
Re: FTC Proposes Blanket Prohibition Preventing Facebook from Monetizing Youth Data
#7Earlier quoted context omitted.
The unworkable bit, which I really hope we're moving toward over time, is banning all monetization of personal data for advertising purposes.
Right, so how do small business reach consumers? Enjoy all the viagra ads!
I'm not going to see their ad anyway, and if I did and knew it was targeted, I'd be more likely to find somewhere else to shop. What did we have before targeting existed?
- I thought unobtrusive keyword-based ads in Google searches were okay, when they didn't fill the results page.
- I think context-sensitive ads are fantastic. People reading a boat-building site see ads for boat-building or other related products/services. I would click on these ads.
- Word of mouth, vetted reviews, brand loyalty...all valid, rights-preserving approaches.
Since the lore is that targeting gets higher click-through rates, maybe small businesses could pay a little less for the less skeezy alternatives. Targeted advertising is forever linked in my mind to Zuckerberg's "dumb fucks" email. Facebook/Meta is the biggest offender in this space, and I'm happy to watch it die in a fire.
Re: FTC Proposes Blanket Prohibition Preventing Facebook from Monetizing Youth Data
#8Amazon health just has people agree they can violate hipaa, what's preventing anyone from updating their eula and ignoring this?
Minors can't legally enter contracts such as EULAs.
Re: FTC Proposes Blanket Prohibition Preventing Facebook from Monetizing Youth Data
#9Earlier quoted context omitted.
The unworkable bit, which I really hope we're moving toward over time, is banning all monetization of personal data for advertising purposes.
Right, so how do small business reach consumers? Enjoy all the viagra ads!
Small businesses don't win many advertising auctions anyway. Big brands win, or cheap knockoff brands on Amazon, or Amazon itself (not a small business).
Re: FTC Proposes Blanket Prohibition Preventing Facebook from Monetizing Youth Data
#10Why only youth?