John Oliver's recent episode of Last Week Tonight examines Meta's update to its Hateful Content policy, which permits more offensive content on Facebook and Instagram in the name of free speech. He critiques the company's historical issues with content moderation and emphasizes the importance of user data to Meta's advertising revenue. Oliver proposes that users can reduce Meta's profit from their data by adjusting their privacy settings. He encourages viewers to take intentional actions towards this goal.
"There is one small way you can actually fuck with Meta, and that is by making yourselves a bit less valuable to them. Remember, advertising makes up 98 percent of Meta's revenue..."
"Meta can do that because they track massive amounts of data about not just what you do on their sites, but all across the internet..."
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