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chrismcb on Oct 31, 2018 | parent | context | favorite | on: We posed as 100 Senators to run ads on Facebook. F...

Is that legal? I didn’t think you were allowed to ask... or require a ssn. This doesn’t seem like one of the exceptions.

wool_gather on Oct 31, 2018 [–]

No, nothing prevents them asking. Businesses are allowed to ask, you're allowed to refuse, and they're allowed to refuse to transact with you, on the basis of your refusal. It's pretty stupid.

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