Facebook guessing users' religions? Disgusting.

["DAVID FARBER" <dfarber () me com>]

Begin forwarded message:

> From: Lauren Weinstein <lauren () vortex com>
> Date: September 21, 2017 at 6:15:51 PM EDT
> To: nnsquad () nnsquad org
> Subject: [ NNSquad ] Facebook guessing users' religions? Disgusting.
>
>
> Facebook guessing users' religions? Disgusting.
>
> Facebook is wishing some of its "Jewish" users a Happy New Year.
>
> http://money.cnn.com/2017/09/21/technology/business/facebook-rosh-hashanah-ad-targeting/index.html
>
>      "Happy New Year! All of us at Facebook wish you a sweet and
>    happy new year."  While the note was well received by some,
>    others questioned how exactly the social network was aware of
>    their religious affiliation. In some cases, Facebook users who
>    aren't Jewish were also served the message.
>
> - - -
>
> I despise systems that make assumptions about users' religions -- and
> frankly, I'm fairly disgusted with humans who make such assumptions
> also. If you tell someone (or some thing) what your religions is -- if
> any -- OK fine, that's a data point. Otherwise, you're guessing, and
> guessing wrong is at the least impolite and at worst can be actually
> dangerous. As for me, I'm with George Carlin on this one:
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8r-e2NDSTuE 
> (As you would assume, not safe for work



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