> But some researchers dispute that ad-targeting is any different than selling data.
> "As a data scientist, I am shocked that anyone continues to believe this claim," wrote Michael Kosinski, assistant professor at Stanford University's Graduate School of Business, in a New York Times opinion piece. "Every time you click on a Facebook ad, Facebook sells data on you to that advertiser."
> "This is such a basic property of online targeted advertising that it would be impossible to avoid, even if Facebook somehow wanted to."
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https://www.cbsnews.com/news/facebook-gave-some-companies-pr...
https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/politics/fact-check/201...
> But some researchers dispute that ad-targeting is any different than selling data.
> "As a data scientist, I am shocked that anyone continues to believe this claim," wrote Michael Kosinski, assistant professor at Stanford University's Graduate School of Business, in a New York Times opinion piece. "Every time you click on a Facebook ad, Facebook sells data on you to that advertiser."
> "This is such a basic property of online targeted advertising that it would be impossible to avoid, even if Facebook somehow wanted to."