ICO slams Meta's plan not to ask the British for permission to advertise

skilledtothegills@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.world – 58 points –
ICO slams Meta's plan not to ask the British for permission to advertise
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Meta has been chastised by the UK Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) for its decision not to seek explicit consent from UK users for targeted advertising.

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The only place in the world they ask is the EU. They have real regulations and enough people the market is hard to ignore.

UK has adopted GDPR as national law during the Brexit. Meta not knowing it, or worse, ignoring it, is in for a big surprise.

They asked the EU. You had your chance.

edit: LOL @ downvotes from salty Brexiteers

can't believe there is not other word other than 'SLAMS'

Seriously. Journalists are just lazy. They could easily use other phrases, like:

"He just got his dunkin degree from dunkin on you.”

“He slams the ball in like an ice cold lemonade!”

“Can’t buy a bucket.”

“Reeejected.”

“From downtown!”

“He’s heating up!”

“What was he thinking??”

“[Doinnk]”

“Well blow me over!”

“He’s on fire.”

“The man has some dunk in his trunk!”

“Bullseye!”

“The bigger the love, the bigger the shove.”

“Diagnosis: You suck!”

“The donut shop called… They want their Dunkin back.”

“Razzle Dazzle!”.

“Droppin’ a deuce!”.

“What a wild shot!”

“Boomshakalaka!”

OK, I need to ask this. Where is the slam footage?

Brexit is the fecking gift that keeps kicking us in the balls here in the UK. And our "great leadsrs" (sarcasm) want to do deals that screw us fuerther.