Geofencing at church is dead wrong

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What is “frightening” to the author is that church-going Catholics might get information consistent with the Church’s teaching.
“With this mobile targeting, we are able to reach our fellow Catholics in the pews,” wrote the group’s president, Brian Burch, in a blog post last month. “And we can ensure that our fellow Catholic voters get the facts and hear the truth — not the latest lies peddled by the media.”
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I’m conservative, and am not really interested in getting more unsolicited information.

While @Feanor2 might feel this group is ‘pro-Trump’, the author of the article certainly seems to be pro-democrat.

Our former bishop was quite clear regarding voting the primacy of the abortion issue…and he was considered to be a “left of center” bishop:


I would be curious to see the author’s perspective on the Bishop Farrell and Vann’s teaching.
 
Yeah, this is tacky, but I don’t see how it’s any worse than a parish having issues of the National Catholic Reporter in its literature rack in the narthex (that’s actually worse, since it implies endorsement of the Reporter). No one has to click on or mind the targeted ad.
 
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If you have a cellphone and have the location turned on, you are being geofenced by someone for something. If you are on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, etc… and post something, you are being geofenced for a variety of different marketing ploys - including those grocery store coupon apps.

The worst part is the major conspiracy theory around this. If you don’t think the opposition isn’t using this - you are sadly mistaken and waaaaaaaaaaay too trusting of the Democrats.
 
According to the article, geofencing for advertising is done by many organizations to provide targeted information. The author just has an issue with a Catholic organization using it.

I have subscribed to catholicvote emails for a couple of years now. I never have received targeted (time/location) advertising from them - I got an email from them yesterday evening around 5pm, and I didn’t go to Mass that day.

Maybe it’d be different if I used Facebook, etc. My wife says that as soon as we talk about a car or similar item it starts showing up on her Facebook account.
 
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