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Jan Penfrat<p>🇧🇪 Belgian appeals court rules <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/TCF" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>TCF</span></a>&#39;s <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/consent" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>consent</span></a> framework that enables 80% of the internet&#39;s <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/SurveillanceAds" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SurveillanceAds</span></a> is illegal.</p><p>What a fantastic win for the complainants (<span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://eupolicy.social/@edri" class="u-url mention">@<span>edri</span></a></span> members) <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://eupolicy.social/@panoptykon" class="u-url mention">@<span>panoptykon</span></a></span>, <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://chaos.social/@bitsoffreedom" class="u-url mention">@<span>bitsoffreedom</span></a></span>, and <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/ICCL" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ICCL</span></a> !</p><p><a href="https://www.iccl.ie/digital-data/eu-ruling-tracking-based-advertising-by-google-microsoft-amazon-x-across-europe-has-no-legal-basis/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">iccl.ie/digital-data/eu-ruling</span><span class="invisible">-tracking-based-advertising-by-google-microsoft-amazon-x-across-europe-has-no-legal-basis/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/TrackingFreeAds" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>TrackingFreeAds</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/RTB" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>RTB</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/tracking" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>tracking</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/GDPR" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>GDPR</span></a></p>
Jan Penfrat<p>Rob from the Future of <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/Privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Privacy</span></a> Forum praises civil society for going after companies that violate <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/GDPR" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>GDPR</span></a> and the <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/TrackingFreeAds" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>TrackingFreeAds</span></a> Coalition in the European Parliament for pushing tracking limitations into the <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/DigitalServicesAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>DigitalServicesAct</span></a>. 👏</p><p>But his conclusion is &quot;not too optimistic about <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/DPA" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>DPA</span></a> action, needs other tools.&quot;</p>
Jan Penfrat<p>At a <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/Mozilla" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Mozilla</span></a> event in <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/Brussels" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Brussels</span></a> this morning about &quot;<a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>privacy</span></a>-first online <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/advertising" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>advertising</span></a>&quot;. I am _very_ curious where this weirdest of things Mozilla does is going. 🤔</p><p>Speakers: Petra Wikström, policy person at <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/Schibsted" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Schibsted</span></a>, <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.nl/@rvaneijk" class="u-url mention">@<span>rvaneijk</span></a></span>, <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@eff" class="u-url mention">@<span>eff</span></a></span>&#39;s Svea Windwehr and Mozilla&#39;s own Martin Thompson.</p><p><a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/onlineads" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>onlineads</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/SurveillanceAdvertising" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SurveillanceAdvertising</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/TrackingFreeAds" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>TrackingFreeAds</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/gdpr" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>gdpr</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/dataprotection" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>dataprotection</span></a></p>
Jan Penfrat<p>Frightening new evidence found by <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/Adalytics" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Adalytics</span></a> on how <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/adtech" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>adtech</span></a> and <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/surveillanceads" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>surveillanceads</span></a> help fund <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/CSAM" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>CSAM</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/childabuse" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>childabuse</span></a> online:</p><p><a href="https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20250207-how-google-amazon-and-microsoft-funnelled-ad-money-to-a-site-hosting-child-abuse-images" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bbc.com/future/article/2025020</span><span class="invisible">7-how-google-amazon-and-microsoft-funnelled-ad-money-to-a-site-hosting-child-abuse-images</span></a></p><p><a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/TrackingFreeAds" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>TrackingFreeAds</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>privacy</span></a></p><p>Correction: I made a mistake, the evidence appears to have been collected by Adalytics, not CheckMyAds: <a href="https://adalytics.io/blog/adtech-vendors-csam-full-report" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">adalytics.io/blog/adtech-vendo</span><span class="invisible">rs-csam-full-report</span></a></p>
Jan Penfrat<p>Here&#39;s an excellent report about what to (not) expect from self-regulatory <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/advertising" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>advertising</span></a> codes of conduct under the <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/DigitalServicesAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>DigitalServicesAct</span></a>, by the brilliant <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@jjaursch" class="u-url mention">@<span>jjaursch</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://www.interface-eu.org/publications/dsa-advertising-codes" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">interface-eu.org/publications/</span><span class="invisible">dsa-advertising-codes</span></a></p><p><a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/trackingfreeads" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>trackingfreeads</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/DSA" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>DSA</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/surveillanceads" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>surveillanceads</span></a></p>
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>&#39;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 noreferrer" 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>&quot;Financing digital services almost exclusively through personalised <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/advertising" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>advertising</span></a> poses considerable risks to <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>democracy</span></a>, social cohesion, informational self-determination, <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>climate</span></a> and national <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/security" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>security</span></a>. [...] the new <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://ec.social-network.europa.eu/@EUCommission" class="u-url mention">@<span>EUCommission</span></a></span> should take <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/digitalfairness" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>digitalfairness</span></a> seriously &amp; push for a ban on personalised ads.&quot;</p><p>Great new report by <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.bits-und-baeume.org/@germanwatch" class="u-url mention">@<span>germanwatch</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.bits-und-baeume.org/@fiff_de" class="u-url mention">@<span>fiff_de</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.wikimedia.de/@wikimediaDE" class="u-url mention">@<span>wikimediaDE</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://digitalcourage.social/@Konzeptwerk" class="u-url mention">@<span>Konzeptwerk</span></a></span> and <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.bau-ha.us/@CCC" class="u-url mention">@<span>CCC</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://www.germanwatch.org/sites/default/files/germanwatch_rethinking_online_advertising_2024.pdf" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">germanwatch.org/sites/default/</span><span class="invisible">files/germanwatch_rethinking_online_advertising_2024.pdf</span></a></p><p><a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/DigitalFairnessAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>DigitalFairnessAct</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/DFA" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>DFA</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/TrackingFreeAds" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>TrackingFreeAds</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/GDPR" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>GDPR</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/DSA" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>DSA</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/ConsumerRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ConsumerRights</span></a></p>
Jan Penfrat<p>In the latest episode of <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/BigTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BigTech</span></a> fuckery, <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/Google" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Google</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/Instagram" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Instagram</span></a> made a &quot;secret deal to target <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/ads" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ads</span></a> for <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/Insta" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Insta</span></a> to <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/teenagers" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>teenagers</span></a> on <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/YouTube" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>YouTube</span></a>.&quot;</p><p>This Google marketing campaign &quot;deliberately targeted a group of [underage] users labelled as “unknown” [...] to ensure the true intent of the campaign was disguised.&quot;</p><p>Google’s own rules as well as the <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/EU" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>EU</span></a>&#39;s <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/DigitaServicesAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>DigitaServicesAct</span></a> prohibit targeting online ads to minors.</p><p><a href="https://www.ft.com/content/b3bb80f4-4e01-4ce6-8358-f4f8638790f8?emailId=9101e60e-bc61-44fa-81cb-18d95a11c905&amp;segmentId=22011ee7-896a-8c4c-22a0-7603348b7f22" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">ft.com/content/b3bb80f4-4e01-4</span><span class="invisible">ce6-8358-f4f8638790f8?emailId=9101e60e-bc61-44fa-81cb-18d95a11c905&amp;segmentId=22011ee7-896a-8c4c-22a0-7603348b7f22</span></a></p><p><a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/DSA" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>DSA</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/trackingfreeads" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>trackingfreeads</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/surveillanceads" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>surveillanceads</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/dataprotection" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>dataprotection</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>privacy</span></a></p>
Jan Penfrat<p>&quot;The real issue here is a system that prioritizes <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/engagement" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>engagement</span></a> over accuracy, <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/clicks" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>clicks</span></a> over comprehension. It’s a system that rewards the most provocative headline, not necessarily the most accurate one.&quot;</p><p>A crucial analysis about the state of our <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/media" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>media</span></a> landscape, brilliantly written by <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@Daojoan" class="u-url mention">@<span>Daojoan</span></a></span>. </p><p>Go read it!</p><p><a href="https://joanwestenberg.com/the-bait-and-switch-crisis-a-dangerous-disconnect-between-headlines-and-content" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">joanwestenberg.com/the-bait-an</span><span class="invisible">d-switch-crisis-a-dangerous-disconnect-between-headlines-and-content</span></a></p><p><a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>journalism</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/freecontent" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>freecontent</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/trackingfreeads" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>trackingfreeads</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/surveillanceads" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>surveillanceads</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/clickbait" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>clickbait</span></a></p>
Jan Penfrat<p>I mean there are good reasons to oppose <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/advertising" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>advertising</span></a> as such (including online) but, if one acknowledges that ads play at least some legitimate role in financing online services, isn&#39;t Mozilla&#39;s proposal a good attempt in building a <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/TrackingFreeAds" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>TrackingFreeAds</span></a> system? If not, why (real question)?</p>
Jan Penfrat<p>Does anyone know where to watch this <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/documentary" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>documentary</span></a>? </p><p>&quot;Welcome to the murky world of digital <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/adfraud" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>adfraud</span></a>, organised <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/crime" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>crime</span></a>&#39;s biggest source of income after drug trafficking. A former industry executive pulls the curtain to expose how it&#39;s done, who the victims are, and what role <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/Google" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Google</span></a> and <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/Facebook" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Facebook</span></a> play in the game.&quot;</p><p><a href="https://invidious.fdn.fr/watch?v=Ugz_xIjOMJ8" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">invidious.fdn.fr/watch?v=Ugz_x</span><span class="invisible">IjOMJ8</span></a></p><p><a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/trackingfreeads" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>trackingfreeads</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/adtech" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>adtech</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/unclickable" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>unclickable</span></a></p>
Jan Penfrat<p>There has already been some media coverage of <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/Linkedin" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Linkedin</span></a>&#39;s decision to limit ad <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/targeting" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>targeting</span></a> based on sensitive personal data and comply with the <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/DigitalServicesAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>DigitalServicesAct</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/DSA" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>DSA</span></a> instead.</p><p>Most failed to mention that this was based on a joint complaint filed by <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://eupolicy.social/@edri" class="u-url mention">@<span>edri</span></a></span>, <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://chaos.social/@Freiheitsrechte" class="u-url mention">@<span>Freiheitsrechte</span></a></span>, <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://chaos.social/@bitsoffreedom" class="u-url mention">@<span>bitsoffreedom</span></a></span> and <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.world/@globalwitness" class="u-url mention">@<span>globalwitness</span></a></span>, so I took the liberty to write down the inside story for you :)</p><p><a href="https://edri.org/our-work/privacy-win-linkedin-limits-ad-targeting-after-edri-complaint/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">edri.org/our-work/privacy-win-</span><span class="invisible">linkedin-limits-ad-targeting-after-edri-complaint/</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/gdpr" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>gdpr</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/BanSurveillanceAdvertising" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BanSurveillanceAdvertising</span></a></p>
Jan Penfrat<p>Holy shit, I thought I knew how evil the <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/SurveillanceAds" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SurveillanceAds</span></a> industry was but here we are:</p><p>Two-thirds of European websites just ignore your <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/cookie" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>cookie</span></a> choice and track you anyways, researchers from <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/ETHzurich" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ETHzurich</span></a> found. 🤯 </p><p><a href="https://www.usenix.org/system/files/sec23winter-prepub-107-bouhoula.pdf" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">usenix.org/system/files/sec23w</span><span class="invisible">inter-prepub-107-bouhoula.pdf</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/TrackingFreeAds" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>TrackingFreeAds</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/consent" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>consent</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/gdpr" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>gdpr</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/ePrivacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ePrivacy</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/BanSurveillanceAdvertising" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BanSurveillanceAdvertising</span></a></p>
Jan Penfrat<p>The European Court of Justice <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.network.europa.eu/@Curia" class="u-url mention">@<span>Curia</span></a></span> made my day today 🎉 </p><p>&quot;<a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/Amazon" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Amazon</span></a> lost a legal bid to delay obeying part of the European Union’s new content moderation law with the European Union’s top court saying its argument was “irrelevant” and “lacking in seriousness.” </p><p><a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/DigitalServicesAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>DigitalServicesAct</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/DSA" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>DSA</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/adtech" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>adtech</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/TrackingFreeAds" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>TrackingFreeAds</span></a></p>
Jan Penfrat<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://techhub.social/@artemesia" class="u-url mention">@<span>artemesia</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://journa.host/@w7voa" class="u-url mention">@<span>w7voa</span></a></span> Aaaactually I would argue it&#39;s quite simple: just don&#39;t spy on your readers and you&#39;re good. You might even *save* money by cleaning up your website of unnecessary <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/tracking" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>tracking</span></a> tech and contracts with <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/adtech" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>adtech</span></a> vultures. <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/gdpr" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>gdpr</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/trackingfreeads" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>trackingfreeads</span></a></p>
Defend Democracy<p>News: <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://eupolicy.social/@DefendDemocracy" class="u-url mention">@<span>DefendDemocracy</span></a></span> joins the <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/TrackingFreeAds" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>TrackingFreeAds</span></a> coalition of politicians, biz &amp; civil society orgs that are committed to ending the intrusive tracking <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/advertising" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>advertising</span></a> industry that dominates our <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/internet" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>internet</span></a>. </p><p>&quot;<a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/Surveillance" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Surveillance</span></a> harms democracy, journalism &amp; security.&quot;</p><p><a href="https://trackingfreeads.eu/the-costs-of-tracking-ads/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">trackingfreeads.eu/the-costs-o</span><span class="invisible">f-tracking-ads/</span></a></p>
Alderik<p>And yet again, another very compelling argument for <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/trackingfreeads" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>trackingfreeads</span></a> <a href="https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2023-09-14/ty-article-magazine/.highlight/revealed-israeli-cyber-firms-developed-an-insane-new-spyware-tool-no-defense-exists/0000018a-93cb-de77-a98f-ffdf2fb60000" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">haaretz.com/israel-news/2023-0</span><span class="invisible">9-14/ty-article-magazine/.highlight/revealed-israeli-cyber-firms-developed-an-insane-new-spyware-tool-no-defense-exists/0000018a-93cb-de77-a98f-ffdf2fb60000</span></a></p>
Jan Penfrat<p>As long as <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/journalists" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>journalists</span></a> keep on regurgitating this <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/marketing" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>marketing</span></a> bullshit about &quot;highly relevant ads&quot; we will never be free of <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/SurveillanceAds" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SurveillanceAds</span></a>. </p><p>(Screenshot from <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/PoliticoEurope" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>PoliticoEurope</span></a> newsletter)</p><p><a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/TrackingFreeAds" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>TrackingFreeAds</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/GDPR" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>GDPR</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/surveillance" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>surveillance</span></a></p>
Alderik<p>Great news to start the week off right <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/trackingfreeads" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>trackingfreeads</span></a> <a href="https://pro.politico.eu/news/166506" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">pro.politico.eu/news/166506</span><span class="invisible"></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 <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.network.europa.eu/@EP_GreensEFA" class="u-url mention">@<span>EP_GreensEFA</span></a></span> 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&quot; 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>
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