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Meta today began removing ads from attorneys who were seeking clients that claim to have been harmed by social media (www.axios.com)
submitted 7 months ago by to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] 144 points 7 months ago* (2 children)

They're ok with their ads harming society, democracy, human rights and civil liberties. But they're removing ads that might give their victims the means to fight for the harm they caused them.

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  • [–] 38 points 7 months ago

    A couple months ago a story came out of a court case that they would happily keep running ads that were identified as scams; they would just increase the advertising costs for the accounts running those ads. The more reports, the higher the price until they reach a limit to ban them. Basically if their users are getting scammed, they want a bigger cut.

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