Meta can already target non-Meta users on third-party sites via shadow profiles, ActivityPub doesn't add magic immunity to that.
In fact fedi is great for targeting. Hashtags posts, favourites, follower/following ... those are gold mines. Even instances can useful. I'm sure with Meta's already working advanced AI techniques to infer that users on a hypothetical Disney instance are good targets for Disney-related material.
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2023-07-12 17:08:39 UTC
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