{"id":71994,"date":"2017-05-02T15:53:41","date_gmt":"2017-05-02T19:53:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=71994"},"modified":"2017-05-02T15:53:41","modified_gmt":"2017-05-02T19:53:41","slug":"former-facebook-exec-slams-spin-lying-through-their-teeth-drudge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=71994","title":{"rendered":"Former Facebook Exec Slams Spin: ‘Lying Through Their Teeth’ — DRUDGE"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’m an ex-Facebook exec: don’t believe what they tell you about ads<\/h1>\n

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\u2018The question is not whether this can be done. It is whether Facebook should apply a moral filter to these decisions.\u2019 Photograph: Noah Berger\/AP<\/p><\/div>\n

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F<\/span><\/span>or two years I was charged with turning Facebook data into money, by any legal means. If you browse the internet or buy items in physical stores, and then see ads related to those purchases on Facebook<\/a>, blame me. I helped create the first versions of that, way back in 2012.<\/p>\n

The ethics of Facebook\u2019s micro-targeted advertising was thrust into the spotlight this week by a report<\/a> out of Australia. The article, based on a leaked presentation, said that Facebook was able to identify teenagers at their most vulnerable, including when they feel \u201cinsecure\u201d, \u201cworthless\u201d, \u201cdefeated\u201d and \u201cstressed\u201d.<\/p>\n