Jan Penfrat<p><a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/Schibsted" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Schibsted</span></a> argues they cannot rely on contextual ads "as long as advertisers don't pay the same money for them as they do for personalised ads."</p><p>Really, this is why banning <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/TrackingAds" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>TrackingAds</span></a> is so powerful a solution because it would take the harmful <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/RTB" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>RTB</span></a> business model off the market.</p>
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Jan Penfrat<p>I know the outcome of the presidential election in <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/Romania" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Romania</span></a> has a web of complex reasons. But it would be ludicrous to ignore the dangerous impact that <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/bigtech" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>bigtech</span></a>'s laissez-faire and its <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/trackingads" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>trackingads</span></a> and content <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/monetisation" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>monetisation</span></a> business model has. Not only <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/tiktok" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>tiktok</span></a> but also <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/google" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>google</span></a> and <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/meta" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>meta</span></a>:</p><p>Meta’s Role in Romania’s 2024 Presidential <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/Election" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Election</span></a> - important research by <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@checkfirst" class="u-url mention">@<span>checkfirst</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://checkfirst.network/research-note-metas-role-in-romanias-2024-presidential-election/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">checkfirst.network/research-no</span><span class="invisible">te-metas-role-in-romanias-2024-presidential-election/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/surveillance" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>surveillance</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/CommercialSurveillance" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>CommercialSurveillance</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/politicalads" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>politicalads</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/TrackingFreeAds" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>TrackingFreeAds</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/digitalservicesact" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>digitalservicesact</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/gdpr" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>gdpr</span></a></p>
Jan Penfrat<p>🎉 In other news:</p><p>24 European Parliament lawmakers from the <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://eupolicy.social/@TheProgressives" class="u-url mention">@<span>TheProgressives</span></a></span>, <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/Renew" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Renew</span></a>, <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://eupolicy.social/@eppgroup" class="u-url mention">@<span>eppgroup</span></a></span>, <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://eupolicy.social/@ecrgroup" class="u-url mention">@<span>ecrgroup</span></a></span> and the @EP_GreensEFA@social.network.europa.eu asked Parliament President <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/RobertaMetsola" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>RobertaMetsola</span></a> to suspend <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/advertising" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>advertising</span></a> campaigns run through <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/Google" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Google</span></a>’s parent company <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/Alphabet" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Alphabet</span></a> and on <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/YouTube" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>YouTube</span></a> over fears they could be sponsoring Russian <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/propaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>propaganda</span></a>. They also urged to reallocate the EP’s advertising budgets to “trustworthy" ads methods (think: <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/TrackingFreeAds" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>TrackingFreeAds</span></a>).</p><p><a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/TrackingAds" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>TrackingAds</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/SurveillanceAds" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SurveillanceAds</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/ForeignInfluence" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ForeignInfluence</span></a></p>
Jan Penfrat<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@airwhale" class="u-url mention">@<span>airwhale</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@rysiek" class="u-url mention">@<span>rysiek</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@atomicpoet" class="u-url mention">@<span>atomicpoet</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://flipboard.social/@mike" class="u-url mention">@<span>mike</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@mmasnick" class="u-url mention">@<span>mmasnick</span></a></span> ...while adding some <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/transparency" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>transparency</span></a> and <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/duediligence" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>duediligence</span></a> obligations for the biggest social media operators out there.</p><p>That does not mean we should not regulate the terrible <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/TrackingAds" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>TrackingAds</span></a>-driven business model that creates a lot of the commercial incentives for social media platforms to harm users and societies. The <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/DSA" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>DSA</span></a> is too weak on this front unfortunately. [2/2]</p><p>Some more background: <a href="https://edri.org/our-work/the-dsa-fails-to-reign-in-the-most-harmful-digital-platform-businesses-but-it-is-still-useful/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">edri.org/our-work/the-dsa-fail</span><span class="invisible">s-to-reign-in-the-most-harmful-digital-platform-businesses-but-it-is-still-useful/</span></a></p>
Jan Penfrat<p>Repeat after me: The personal data industry is dangerous. <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/TrackingAds" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>TrackingAds</span></a> are dangerous. Mass <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/surveillance" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>surveillance</span></a>, whether commercial or state-run, is dangerous.</p><p>"Colorado Catholic group bought app data that tracked gay priests"<br /><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2023/03/09/catholics-gay-priests-grindr-data-bishops/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/20</span><span class="invisible">23/03/09/catholics-gay-priests-grindr-data-bishops/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/dataprotection" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>dataprotection</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/TrackingFreeAds" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>TrackingFreeAds</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/tracking" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>tracking</span></a></p>
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