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Nov 21 • 5 tweets • 3 min read
🚨 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
I am also thrilled to be joining the amazing team @Foxglovelegal as a Senior Fellow while I bring this case - the best brain trust of campaign lawyers!
Correction: My brilliant legal team is at @A__W______O!!

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Mar 22
🚨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…
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Nov 21, 2019
Just launched 🚀: our new @amnesty report making the case that Google & Facebook’s surveillance-based business model is a systemic threat to human rights

amnesty.org/en/latest/news…
2/ We all know the concentration of power in the hands of big tech is a problem. We hope this brings a human rights lens to the debate. For those who aren’t going to wade through all sixty pages, here are some choice bits from the report
3/ Google & Facebook have established control over the primary channels that most of the world relies on to engage with the internet. As per below stats, these platforms are no longer ‘optional’ in many societies, & using them is a necessary part of participating in modern life.
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