absGeekNZ@lemmy.nz to Aotearoa / New Zealand@lemmy.nzEnglish · 3 months agoInland Revenue giving thousands of taxpayers' details to social media platforms for ad campaigns | RNZ Newswww.rnz.co.nzexternal-linkmessage-square11fedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up14arrow-down1external-linkInland Revenue giving thousands of taxpayers' details to social media platforms for ad campaigns | RNZ Newswww.rnz.co.nzabsGeekNZ@lemmy.nz to Aotearoa / New Zealand@lemmy.nzEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square11fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareabsGeekNZ@lemmy.nzOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoI don’t have a FB account, I do have LinkedIn which I barely use. Algorithmic social media is a cancer on society.
minus-squareliv@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 months agoI agree. It has also metasticised - facebook will still have a “shadow” profile on you based on what it can infer from the data it collects from others.
minus-squareabsGeekNZ@lemmy.nzOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 months agoExactly right. There is no way to get rid of the shadow profile.
I don’t have a FB account, I do have LinkedIn which I barely use.
Algorithmic social media is a cancer on society.
I agree. It has also metasticised - facebook will still have a “shadow” profile on you based on what it can infer from the data it collects from others.
Exactly right.
There is no way to get rid of the shadow profile.