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PUBCAST SHOT: Study Finds 30% of Inferred Facebook Interests are Inaccurate
PUBCAST SHOT: Study Finds 30% of Inferred Facebook Interest…
Researchers in a recent North Carolina State University study found that more than 30% of the interests Facebook connected to a user, which…
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March 30, 2022

PUBCAST SHOT: Study Finds 30% of Inferred Facebook Interests are Inaccurate

PUBCAST SHOT: Study Finds 30% of Inferred Facebook Interests are Inaccurate

Researchers in a recent North Carolina State University study found that more than 30% of the interests Facebook connected to a user, which could be used for targeting, were inaccurate or irrelevant. In many cases, it was because the process that led...

Researchers in a recent North Carolina State University study found that more than 30% of the interests Facebook connected to a user, which could be used for targeting, were inaccurate or irrelevant. In many cases, it was because the process that led Facebook to infer an interest lacked important context.