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Reddit is removing ability to opt out of ad personalization based on your activity on the platform(techcrunch.com)

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Rubezahl@lemmy.world
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GDPR violation.

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Ricaz@lemmy.ml
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No chance they will block out the entire EU market. They will probably just do the same as everyone else and make a specific EU policy.

Actually I think Meta Threads is still not available in EU for the same reasons.

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lud@lemm.ee
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The company said that it will still have opt-out controls in “select countries” without specifying which ones. It mentioned in a blog post that users won’t see more ads but they will see better-targeted ads following this change.

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sunbeam60@lemmy.one
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The “selection” will all be yellow stars on a blue background. Can’t wait to see Vestager tear them a new one. Heeeere’s the EU, legislating your aaaaass!!

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