✉news LifeParenting first seen 12 h ago, last 7 min ago, peak #4
Algorithms target new parents with exploitative ads
Original: The algorithm knows you have a baby, and it will exploit that
New parents are complaining that advertising algorithms quickly detect a baby in the household and flood them with targeted marketing that plays on anxiety and sleep deprivation. Commentators argue platforms exploit the vulnerable and financially stretched period after childbirth, raising fresh concerns about how much data ad systems infer from browsing behaviour.
Why now: Growing unease about targeted advertising and data inference aimed at vulnerable new parents.
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- The algorithm knows you have a baby, and it will exploit that · marketplace.org
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