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'Weaponized Ad Technology': Facebook's Moneymaker Gets a Critical Eye


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Government officials, researchers and advertising executives have warned that microtargeting tools, like the kind Facebook offers, can be exploited to polarize and manipulate voters.

Credit: Richard Drew/Associated Press

Facebook has made a mint by enabling advertisers to identify and reach the very people most likely to react to their messages.

From The New York Times
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