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🚨 NEWS. I am taking @Meta to court asserting my legal Right to Object to their harmful model of surveillance advertising. People have the right to access social media without being subjected to vast surveillance & profiling: awo.agency/blog/tanya-o-c…
The case shows Meta is breaking the law by denying my objection request. We all have the right under GDPR to object to the use of our personal data for direct marketing but the company is straining to concoct legal arguments as to why this shouldn't apply to them.
I am lucky to be represented by a brilliant team of lawyers led by @RaviNa1k at @AWO. If we are successful, everyone across Europe will be able to exercise their Right to Object - a critical step to reclaiming social media for people, not profit. #PeopleVsBigTech #WeObject
🚨EU lawmakers are currently deciding whether or not to axe one of the Digital Service Act’s most important proposed measures: a prohibition on using people’s sensitive data in targeted advertising. 🧵A quick thread on what is at stake.
At present there is nothing to stop Facebook and Google profiling people with ‘ad interests’ that reveal or infer sensitive data about them, such as their religious or political views, health conditions, and sexual preferences.
We’ve seen this system weaponized over and over - from ads designed to suppress votes to ads recruiting militia. An investigation yesterday by @GlobalWitness found it was still possible to place Facebook ads promoting violence against Rohingya in Myanmar apnews.com/article/techno…
Today @StateDept formally announced that violence perpetrated by Myanmar’s military against the #Rohingya constitutes genocide and crimes against humanity. This should bring renewed attention to the role of Facebook @meta in fuelling the #Rohingya genocide. 1/6
It has been 5 years of promises from @meta to “do more” and “do better.” So, are they? No. @Global_Witness had 8 ads with explicit hate speech about #Rohingya approved for publication. 👎👎👎AP News: bit.ly/3wpZiD5 2/6
This negligence is unacceptable. I saw this behavior over and over from Facebook - it ultimately led me to become a #whistleblower. @meta chronically underfunds and understaffs the teams responsible for keeping us safe — especially in the most vulnerable places in the world. 3/6
Morgen trifft sich das neue transatlantische Handelsgremium EU-US Trade & Technology Council ( TTC): Wir warnen vor einseitigem Lobbyeinfluss der Internetplattformen. 1/7 lobbycontrol.de/2021/09/neues-…
Beim TTC-Treffen geht es um brisante Themen, wie transatlantische Datenflüsse und Datenschutz, Künstliche Intelligenz und auch die Begrenzung der Macht von Internetplattformen. 2/7 #peoplevsbigtech
Im Vorfeld kam großer Zuspruch für den TTC vonseiten der #Digitalindustrie. Sie fordert sogar einen Platz am Verhandlungstisch bei den Treffen. 3/7
🚨In Brüssel tobt derzeit eine Lobbyschlacht. Mit Rekordausgaben für Lobbyarbeit wollen Google, Amazon, Facebook & Co strengere Regeln für Internetplattformen verhindern. 🧵(1/7)
#PeopleVsBigTech #BreakUpBigTech #DSA #DMA
#PeopleVsBigTech #BreakUpBigTech #DSA #DMA
Der Digitalindustrie steht dabei ein Lobbybudget von 97 Mio. € zur Verfügung, wie unsere neue Studie zur Lobbymacht von Big Tech in Brüssel erstmals zeigt. Zudem verfügen Google & Co über ein besonders intransparentes Lobby-Netzwerk aus Verbänden und Denkfabriken. (2/7)
Im Vergleich der 10 größten Lobbyakteure ist die Digitalbranche derzeit der Sektor mit den höchsten Lobby-Ausgaben in der EU. Damit übertrifft sie sogar die mächtige Auto-, Pharma- oder Finanz-Lobby. (3/7)
