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Ad Targeting: How it Started, How it's Going

Article: The History of Online Advertising by Ankit Oberoi, AdPushup, JUL 3, 2013
Video: We're building a dystopia just to make people click on ads by Zeynep Tufekci, TEDGlobal>NYC, SEP 2017
Article: ICE Is Using Location Data From Games and Apps to Track and Arrest Immigrants, Report Says by Paul Blest, VICE, FEB 7, 2020

You might wonder how we got into the surveillance dystopia we find ourselves in. The answer is advertising. These articles from various perspectives detail how it all started and where we are now.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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