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Meta whistleblower Sarah Wynn-Williams says company targeted ads at teens based on their ‘emotional state’ (techcrunch.com)

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[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 month ago

They knew instagram was leading mainly teenage girls to commit suicide. But sat on that for years instead of acting on it. I would not be surprised if they targeted sleeping pill ads to users who appear suicidal.