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

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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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[-] themurphy@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

EU didn't ban them because Meta complied. (the data protection bill, GDPR)

They will comply again, unfortunately. We could use a ban.

this post was submitted on 01 Nov 2023

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