Bill Bennett

Bill Bennett

Defamatory advertising algorithms

Any lawyers out there who can tell me if I can sue Google for defamation if the algorithm decides I’m the target market for an advertisement?

I’m thinking here of the time a few years ago when I got bombarded with ads for a Nickleback concert. If any family members or friends had seen those ads on my laptop my reputation as a cool person would have been shot to pieces.

That has to be worth a six figure settlement… right?

Future Sprog

I still remember the time when I went online shopping for a present and put two items in my cart, later removing the one I didn’t like so much.

For the next month until my wife’s birthday every single Facebook page tried to sell her my second choice.

That’s gotta be worth something.

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