https://blog.ericgoldman.org/archives/2020/11/facebook-can-block-scraper-for-now-facebook-v-brandtotal.htm Tue, 29 Dec 2020 00:35:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://blog.ericgoldman.org/archives/2020/11/facebook-can-block-scraper-for-now-facebook-v-brandtotal.htm#comment-2871 Tue, 29 Dec 2020 00:35:00 +0000 https://blog.ericgoldman.org/?p=21938#comment-2871 BrandTotal is providing ad intelligence. It “IS” in consumer interest that Facebook is unable to hide what ads are running behind the excuse of privacy protection. Considering the lawsuit conveniently happened at the time of election, this is clearly an attempt to supress ad intelligence tools that would otherwise shed light on what ads are running. Yes, Facebook has an Ads Library, but it’s unusable and restricted to ads that Facebook in its discretion classifies as “political”. There NEEDS to be public oversight from independent actors. It’s absurd that you’re missing the grand picture in your narrow assessment.

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