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From tomorrow on criticizing the Data Protection Commission Ireland over their cuddling with #bigtech could be a crime in Ireland. Example: Meta said it had ten secret meetings with the DPC to "bypass" the #GDPR. We know that from their submissions. 🛑 Stop #Section26A tomorrow Houses of the Oireachtas - Tithe an Oireachtais!

Great news this Monday morning for consumers who do not want to be tracked online! The Norwegian Data Protection Authority Datatilsynet is banning Meta from using behavioural advertising that uses surveillance and profiling of users in Norway. 💪🙌💪🙌 datatilsynet.no/en/news/aktuel…

💃 🕺YES!!!!! Finally! The Norwegian Privacy Appeals Board has turned down Grindr's appeal! This means Grindr has to pay the NOK 65 million fine, based on our complaint and report, unless they file another appeal in the court system. forbrukerradet.no/siste-nytt/e-5… #GDPR #privacy

Pay us or we share personal data with our 756 partners! You literally can't reject ad tracking unless you pay.

🚨BREAKING: the European Parliament has officially adopted the AI Act! The EU takes a revolutionary step: pioneering worldwide with binding rules for AI, putting people, democracy and the planet first.

#AIAct Despite the big pronouncements about the EU overcoming lobbying efforts to pass 'the world's 1st comprehensive' rules for AI, the AI Act is a failure from a human rights perspective & a victory for industry & police Read Access Now's take here: accessnow.org/press-release/…

Truth 1: Meta’s services have never been ‘free’. With Meta unwavering efforts to justify how its pay-or-consent model serves consumers’ best interests, Frithjof Michaelsen from our 🇫🇷 member UFC-Que Choisir, looks at 5 of Meta’s myths on the subject. beuc.eu/blog/five-meta…

Thoughtful and well-researched piece by the @newyorker's Jia Tolentino on pregnancy and parenting in the age of digital tracking, from surveillance advertising to state surveillance of pregnant women to parenting tech, baby monitors, 'family safety' apps: newyorker.com/culture/the-we…

1. I'm legit shocked by the design of Meta's new notification informing us they want to use the content we post to train their AI models. It's intentionally designed to be highly awkward in order to minimise the number of users who will object to it. Let me break it down.

People keep talking about the Google search AI fiasco as if it is some kind of toy or sandbox pilot...This is a live product with billions of users. For every mess up that we're laughing at, there's millions un-ironically taking that AI spewed misinformation as fact. Unsettling.

💪🥂💪🏾 joint action and public pressure works! Meta delays training their AI on users personal information following massive criticism across Europe We will follow closely & our arguments still stand: Meta does not have a legal basis for such processing. #GDPR #privacy #AI

Personvernnemnda mener at siden departementet ikke eksplisitt har sagt at internasjonale selskaper kan få dagbøter for ulovlig virksomhet i Norge, så kan man ikke gi dem dagbøter. For noe vås. Dette bør statsråden kunne avklare før helga. digi.no/artikler/meta-…

Now that the AI Act has been passed, it is so so important that designated national authorities are truly independent. They must be able to assess AI systems’ risks and impact on fundamental rights without political pressure/steering.

Good news the European Commission is taking enforcement action based on #DMA against Meta’s pay-or-consent model! It comes on top of various, recent complaints the BEUC network launched against Meta for breaches of consumer law and data protection law. ➡️ beuc.eu/press-releases…

💥 Just in! The dating app Grindr has been convicted in the Oslo District Court and must pay €5.65 million as a result of a our complaint from 2020. Grindr is made to pay after a complaint from the Norwegian Consumer Council – Forbrukerrådet (forbrukerradet.no)

wow. an amazing 325 page google strategy document quietly unsealed buried in google antitrust docket. It's gonna take a long thread but I have pulled out the gems. It's from 2017 planning, no doubt Google will just say these were only ideas but many will look very familiar. /1

Today's cybersecurity, insider threat detection and compliance tech lets employers monitor everything employees do or say, rank them by risk and identify 'anomalous' behavior. New 76-page report focusing on software from Forcepoint/Everfox and Microsoft: crackedlabs.org/en/data-work/p…

🎮👾‼️ We just published a new report calling for a EU-wide ban on premium virtual currencies! We are also filing complaints against 7 major video game companies, together with 20+ other consumer organizations. forbrukerradet.no/report-on-virt…

New from 404 Media: we've found exactly how a Musk-funded PAC is microtargeting Muslims & Jews with opposing messages. Happening with adverts on Snapchat; digging through data we found the exact ZIP codes the PAC is targeting. Includes areas with mosques 404media.co/this-is-exactl…