[Link] Lawmakers Plan Legislation to ‘Ban Surveillance Advertising’

Read: 19/1/2022 www.vice.com

Lawmakers have proposed new legislation that they say would ban surveillance-based advertising. The legislation would target the underlying practice of targeted or personalized ads that facilitates surveillance-based advertising itself.

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[Link] We Talked to a Dealer Selling Ivermectin Through Shady Facebook Ads

Read: 25/8/2021 www.vice.com

Facebook makes money by allowing people to buy ads on its platform depicting ivermectin, an anti-parasitic drug commonly used in veterinary medicine, as a treatment for or preventative measure against COVID-19, even though there's no scientific evidence it's effective when used this way.

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