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   https://gizmodo.com/facebook-instagram-targeted-ads-europe-    
   privacy-ruling-1849860593   
      
   [By Thomas Germain, Published December 7, 2022]   
      
      
   This Privacy Ruling Against Facebook and Instagram Could Spell the End of   
   Targeted Ads   
      
   A couple of excerpts:   
      
   "Privacy regulators in the European Union have ruled that Meta,   
   parent company of Facebook and Instagram, can't make giving up   
   data for targeted ads a condition of joining the social   
   networks, according to reports published Tuesday in the Wall   
   Street Journal and Reuters. The decision threatens to upend the   
   social media giant's business model and alter the financial   
   underpinnings of the internet.   
      
   "Signing up for Facebook or Instagram means clicking past a   
   privacy policy and consenting to the social networks' digital   
   surveillance for advertising purposes. If you don't agree, you   
   can't have an account. But the European Data Protection Board   
   (EDPB) made up of all of Europe's privacy regulators issued a   
   series of new decisions Monday reportedly declaring that this   
   kind of coerced consent violates the General Data Protection   
   Regulation (GDPR), the EU's sweeping privacy law.   
      
   [...]   
      
   "An EU ruling only has a direct effect on businesses operating   
   in the EU, but it's a sign that governments may finally be   
   changing their tune when it comes to privacy. So far, lawmakers   
   have been willing to pass privacy rules that make certain data   
   practices more cumbersome for the business world, but this is   
   the first time that a major government body has taken steps to   
   curtail targeted ads outright.   
      
   "But the GDPR serves as a model for the privacy laws in the   
   United States and across the globe. If this strict   
   interpretation of the law is successful-however you define   
   success-it could hint at a far more private future.   
      
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