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CriticalMiss @lemmy.world

2y ago

Most of My Instagram Ads Are for Drugs, Stolen Credit Cards, Hacked Accounts, Counterfeit Money, and Weapons

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Most of My Instagram Ads Are for Drugs, Stolen Credit Cards, Hacked Accounts, Counterfeit Money, and Weapons

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Most of my Instagram ads are for drugs, stolen credit cards, hacked accounts

www.404media.co /instagram-ads-illegal-content-drugs-guns-hackers/

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Wtf does their browser history look like to be getting those sorts of ads?!
- In the article he states that he kept clicking on those ads on purpose, in order to see how deep the rabbit hole goes.
  
  I saw that double post ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
  
  I would be very curious to see the algorithm adapting to that:
  User: click on shrooms ad
  AI: Oh he likes shrooms with his cocaine! Let's try a marijuana to snort with his cocaine.

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