Date: 22/05/2019 22:07:34
From: Tau.Neutrino
ID: 1390497
Subject: Google and Facebook need to step up transparency

Clive Palmer’s ad deluge shows Google and Facebook need to step up transparency, experts say

Marcia Church was annoyed to find Clive Palmer’s election ads on Jewels Fantasy, the mobile game she often plays with her grandson.

The ads were served by Google’s online advertising network, but Ms Church, 62, saw similar messages when she used the company’s search engine.

“If I Googled an upholsterer for my husband’s car, it would come up,” she said.

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Date: 23/05/2019 22:31:27
From: mollwollfumble
ID: 1390769
Subject: re: Google and Facebook need to step up transparency

Tau.Neutrino said:


Clive Palmer’s ad deluge shows Google and Facebook need to step up transparency, experts say

Marcia Church was annoyed to find Clive Palmer’s election ads on Jewels Fantasy, the mobile game she often plays with her grandson.

The ads were served by Google’s online advertising network, but Ms Church, 62, saw similar messages when she used the company’s search engine.

“If I Googled an upholsterer for my husband’s car, it would come up,” she said.

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No mystery, someone Googled “Clive Palmer”, or something like that, Google flagged an interest in the topic and played the ads.

I never saw an ad for Clive Palmer on the internet. Weird or what?

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