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Advertisers pulling ads or thinking about pulling ads off of Facebook

Source: Mozilla pulled its Facebook ads and others may follow Update: The British group, ISBA, represents over 3000 brands, including those from Unilever and Proctor and Gamble. ISBA members are considering abandoning Facebook advertising over Facebook’s lack of data privacy. FYI Mozilla Firefox provides a way to surf the net without Google logging every web site visit. Plus, by adding plug ins such as Ghostery, Cookie AutoDelete, Privacy Badger and AdBlock Plus, you can greatly reduce the data that is…

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Why did I not see the Trump ads on Facebook?

We may never know why I only saw left wing propaganda on Facebook in 2016, since Facebook is so secretive about what they do with our data. But I now have a working hypothesis as to what happened. In the 2nd half of 2016 and especially in the fall of 2016 prior to the election, my Facebook news feed was filled with political propaganda, essentially all of it “left wing” propaganda, especially propaganda posters from fake news services such as…

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"Like Farming" on Facebook used to expose you to malicious ads and downloads

Scammers are posting innocuous posts on Facebook designed to “go viral”. Such posts usually appeal to your emotions, condemn some outrageous example of government bureaucracy, or ask if you can solve some problem that others perhaps cannot. All are using your fast acting System 1 thinking mode to get you to like and share. Remember: Liking and sharing are virtually the same thing on Facebook – both result in the post being shared into your time line for your friends…

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“Like Farming” on Facebook used to expose you to malicious ads and downloads

Scammers are posting innocuous posts on Facebook designed to “go viral”. Such posts usually appeal to your emotions, condemn some outrageous example of government bureaucracy, or ask if you can solve some problem that others perhaps cannot. All are using your fast acting System 1 thinking mode to get you to like and share. Remember: Liking and sharing are virtually the same thing on Facebook – both result in the post being shared into your time line for your friends…

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