Meta whistleblower Sarah Wynn-Williams says company targeted ads at teens based on their 'emotional state'

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It's no wonder that Mark Zuckerberg has spoken badly about Sarah Wynn-Williams' "Careless People." It's a revealing insider account of her time in Facebook's executive suite. Martin Jönsson reads a shocking and funny book.

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Facebook whistleblower and former employee Sarah Wynn-Williams alerted the U.S. Senate this week on the instrumentalization of teenagers' digital activity to recommend targeted ads.

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Meta is supposed to have developed tailor-made censorship tools for China – and targeted young people in emotionally difficult situations with advertisements

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Sarah Wynn-Williams was heard by the Judicial Subcommittee of the Senate.

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Sarah Wynn-Williams, former director of Meta's public policy, has just given this week an edifying testimony in the US Senate, following the revelations of her book Careless People. She explains how the group deliberately exploited the emotional distress of its adolescent users for advertising purposes: Meta could detect that a teenager is [...] The post Vagabond Links: From Teen Anxiety to State Secrets, Cynicism According to Meta first appeare…