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Meta faces permanent ban on targeted ads across Europe (stackdiary.com)

submitted 1 year ago by skilledtothegills@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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Norway has succeeded in getting the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) to make permanent and extend across Europe its ban on Meta (Facebook's parent company) harvesting user data for targeted ads on Facebook and Instagram.

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[–] Krapulaolut@sopuli.xyz 68 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Facebook collects data from various sites and doesn't care if you are a user or not.

How can you get a consent from someone who doesn't even know facebook collects data from?

[–] ra1d3n@lemm.ee 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This is the funny thing. You don't. It has to be informed consent. ヾ(⌐■_■)ノ♪

[–] ozymandias117@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago

Which makes Meta’s entire business illegal in the EU, thus the lawsuits and bans