@benedictevans Surprised to see that Eshoo is the lead on this given she represents a good part of Silicon Valley. A good number of her constituents work at Google and Facebook.
@benedictevans Today’s fears of “surveillance advertising” rest on two dubious ideas from two-thirds of a century ago: that advertisers have hidden persuasion abilities, and that artificial intelligence can outthink us. clubtroppo.com.au/2022/01/04/hid…
@benedictevans It won't pass, so it's like any other form of performance legislation.
@benedictevans I am using all my willpower to avoid checking the campaign sites of the bill sponsors for ad tech they use.
@benedictevans I don't think it's so terrible if it means I will no longer continue to get ads for the coffee pot I bought six months earlier.
@benedictevans “current advertising models incentivize the spread of harmful content and encourage them to amplify damaging posts to keep users on their platforms” - because…without advertising, they would not want to keep users on their platforms?? 🤔🙄