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		Causality1 on Dec 14, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Facebook Ads Can Still Discriminate, Despite a Civ... To which the response is... So? Progressive social engineering is not the responsibility of advertisers or of Facebook. If I want to hire someone to do artwork for a Dungeons and Dragons campaign book I'm not going to place an ad in Guns 'N Ammo, despite how underrepresented that demographic is in the tabletop roleplaying industry.

JetSpiegel on Dec 20, 2019 [–]

> Progressive social engineering is not the responsibility of advertisers or of Facebook.

Correct, it's the responsibility of the government to rein in on private sector policies that destroy the commons for a quick buck.

Which they did by passing anti-discrimination legislation that Facebook is flouting.

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