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		adolph on Sept 22, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Mother of all lawsuits quietly filed last month vs... > dictatorships abuse adtech to subvert democracies How? By buying ads?

josefx on Sept 22, 2021 [–]

Modern day ad tech is all about tracking and targeting groups based on their interests, something any government trying to deal with dissidents will be interested in.

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