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An ad including a vape pen, targeting teenage children Facebook identified as interested in smoking, was approved
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Facebook approved adverts targeting teenage children interested in gambling, smoking and extreme weight loss, a report says.
Research by the lobby group Reset Australia created a Facebook page under the name Ozzie News Network to explore the advertising options.
And it was able to create targeted ads, based on profiling by the technology giant, for as little as A$3 (£2.16).
Facebook told BBC News it reviewed each ad before and after publication. Digital threats
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Reset Australia
Reset Australia is demanding greater data protections for teenagers after it uncovered a Facebook loophole that allows teenagers to be profiled and targeted with advertising based on a range of age inappropriate interests, such as alcohol, smoking, gambling, and extreme weight loss.
Reset Australia found it costs advertisers $127 to target 1000 underage profiles with an interest in smoking, $38 to target 1000 underage profiles interested in extreme weight loss, and just $3 to target 1000 an underage profiles interested in alcohol.
“Facebook appears to use teenagers’ data in the same way as adults,” said Chris Cooper, executive director Reset Australia, the local affiliate of a global initiative working to counter digital threats to democracy across the world
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