[EFF] Facebook Apparently Will Ask for Consent Before Showing Behavioral Ads to Some Users

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Summary:

  • EFF has long argued that companies should not be allowed to collect and process private behavioral data without opt-in consent from users.
  • Meta, one of the largest collectors of behavioral data in the world, has announced that it will change the legal basis for its behavioral advertising in the EU, EEA, and Switzerland from "legitimate interests" to "consent."
  • Meta has a history of trying to circumvent privacy laws, and it is not clear how the company will implement this change.
  • Meta's announcement came after recent court interpretations of the GDPR, as well as the incoming Digital Markets Act (DMA).
  • The GDPR requires companies to obtain opt-in consent to collect, retain, disclose, or use a person's data.
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Mark Zuckerberg is the least likely human on earth to be able to obtain consent. To paraphrase Chris Rock he created Facebook just to get friends after someone smacked him with a book.

https://piped.video/watch?v=MlJrXq0BMJo

How do I summon that utube redirect bot?

Edit: The bot is automatic.

And as soon as he created Facebook, he used it to spy on his fellow students without their consent.

A direct quote, "They trust me — dumb fucks"

Edit: which I guess contradicts my original statement.