{"id":102909,"date":"2017-05-04T10:00:44","date_gmt":"2017-05-04T10:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/?p=102909"},"modified":"2017-05-04T10:00:44","modified_gmt":"2017-05-04T10:00:44","slug":"facebook-exploits-insecure-children-to-sell-ads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/blog\/facebook-exploits-insecure-children-to-sell-ads\/","title":{"rendered":"Facebook exploits \u201cinsecure\u201d children to sell ads"},"content":{"rendered":"

Facebook\u2019s algorithms are used to target \u201cinsecure\u201d children as young as 14 and may be used to sell highly targeted advertising according to a recent report in The Australian<\/u><\/a>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

According to the report, journalists have seen a 23-page document from the social network explaining how the social network can identify \u201cmoments when young people need a confidence boost.\u201d<\/p>\n

The document included information about how Facebook could monitor activities on their network (including posts, images and interactions) and highlight engagements that suggest when children are felling \u201cstressed\u201d, \u201cdefeated\u201d, \u201coverwhelmed\u201d, \u201canxious\u201d, \u201cnervous\u201d, \u201cstupid\u201d, \u201csilly\u201d, \u201cuseless\u201d, and a \u201cfailure\u201d.<\/p>\n

The document goes into incredible detail about how children engage with the social network, stating: \u201cAnticipatory emotions are more likely to be expressed early in the week, while reflective emotions increase on the weekend,\u201d the document discloses. \u201cMonday-Thursday is about building confidence; the weekend is for broadcasting achievements.\u201d<\/p>\n

Facebook Australia is currently looking into their \u201coversight\u201d and has issued an apology which states: \u201cWe have opened an investigation to understand the process failure and improve our oversight. We will undertake disciplinary and other processes as appropriate.\u201d<\/p>\n

Highlighting their concerns about Facebook\u2019s tactics for targeting young people with advertising messages, The Australian reported: \u201cRumours about Facebook\u2019s advertising sales methods have percolated in media circles for several years, but until now there has been no hard evidence, nor any suggestion they go to such considerable lengths to commercialise their youngest users.\u201d<\/p>\n

The report continues: \u201cIn a move that raises profound ethical questions about Facebook\u2019s use of covert surveillance, the document lays out how the world\u2019s biggest social network is gathering psychological insights on 6.4 million \u201chigh schoolers\u201d, \u201ctertiary students\u201d, and \u201cyoung Australians and New Zealanders \u2026 in the workforce\u201d to sell targeted advertising.\u201d<\/p>\n

This news will be more than embarrassing to the social network which, along with other social channels, has come under fire for preventing its platform from being used by online trolls, bullies, extremists and sexual predators to target young and other vulnerable people.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Facebook\u2019s algorithms are used to target \u201cinsecure\u201d children as young as 14 and may be used to sell highly targeted advertising according to a recent report in The Australian.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":423,"featured_media":102912,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3729,3734],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102909"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/423"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=102909"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102909\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":102970,"href":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102909\/revisions\/102970"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/102912"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=102909"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=102909"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=102909"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}