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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 2 points 1 year ago

Yeah, it feels like there's no alternative.

I only hope Facebook will be bad enough that people would even want to seek another alternative.

Otherwise I don't see people switch.

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