Better Tracking Algorithms

Gillian Brockell, writing an open letter to ad tech companies:

Please, Tech Companies, I implore you: If your algorithms are smart enough to realize that I was pregnant, or that I’ve given birth, then surely they can be smart enough to realize that my baby died, and advertise to me accordingly — or maybe, just maybe, not at all.

This is a very sad story that illustrates when tracking by advertising might be inappropriate and raises ethical questions.

[The Washington Post]

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