I Trained My Instagram Ads Algorithm to Think I’m Someone Else

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Ellen Huet

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If you’ve been overwhelmed by holiday shopping ads on social media lately, you might appreciate this Instagram quasi-experiment. But first…

Is Instagram Tracking Me? How to Throw the Algorithm Off

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