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Shaunak Basu Jan 4, 2023

🚨BREAKING: Following noyb litigation, @meta (Facebook and Instagram) has been prohibited from using personal data for advertisement.
The #GDPR decision signals a major blow to Meta's business model in Europe, as Meta faces a € 390 Mio fine.
➡https://noyb.eu/en/breaking-meta-prohibited-use-personal-data-advertisment

BREAKING: Meta prohibited from use of personal data for advertisment

After almost five years, the Irish DPC decided on a noyb complaint and required Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp to stop using the personal data of users for advertisement in the EU.

noyb.eu

Blort™ 🐀Ⓥ🥋☣️Jan 4, 2023

@noybeu
This also sets a strong precedent for outside Europe and other social media companies. *cough* Twitter *cough* TikTok *cough* Google. When the first domino falls...

Way to go Noyb.eu!
@meta

Apicultor 🐝Jan 4, 2023

@noybeu If you truly appreciate what noyb does, support them.

https://noyb.eu/en/donations-other-support-options

https://noyb.eu/en/donations-other-support-options

noyb.eu

shyduroff Jan 4, 2023

@noybeu @meta … +++ …

(((JaneinNJ)))Jan 4, 2023

@noybeu @meta Would that the US were so concerned.

Aral Balkan Jan 4, 2023

@noybeu Excellent news.

PS. @meta isn’t actually Meta :)

Erik Moeller Jan 4, 2023

A great example of the problems Twitter cross-post bots can cause :/

Nemo_bis 🌈Jan 4, 2023

@aral The only true Meta I know for sure is @metasj.

@eloquence
@noybeu

Wade Wainio Jan 4, 2023

@noybeu @meta This has huge implications for @meta's data-driven products.

From what I understand, the GDPR has been a major win for privacy advocates, and a major blow for businesses that deal in private info.

Legend286 Jan 4, 2023

@noybeu @meta suck ya mum, meta

Solar🌄Garden Jan 4, 2023

#theGuardian 's take on this:

#Facebook owner dealt blow by #EU ruling that could result in data use ‘opt-in’

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/jan/04/meta-dealt-blow-eu-ruling-data-opt-in-facebook-instagram-ads

Meta dealt blow by EU ruling that could result in data use ‘opt-in’

Irish regulator fines Facebook owner €390m after EU rejects argument for use of data to drive personalised ads

The Guardian

Gravitas Deficit Jan 4, 2023

@wavesculptor @noybeu Excellent. May #mastodon rule them all.

รђครђเ ๓๏ђคภ Jan 4, 2023

@noybeu @meta Irish DPC comes off very poorly too. Bought and paid for

Andrea Grandi 🦕Jan 4, 2023

@noybeu @meta this is why you should avoid cross posting 😏

MOVING Jan 4, 2023

@noybeu @meta The EU NOYB to Meta's empire today

We Can Be Gyros Jan 4, 2023

@noybeu @meta oh to be an EU member and have privacy from cyberstalker numero uno. (Formerly)

Juggling With Eggs Jan 4, 2023

@noybeu @meta is this bad news for Meta in UK too?

@noybeu @meta as a privacy advocate, i love this. As a marketer, not so much. It is a really tough spot to be in but humanity will be better for it. I say we just go back to USENET. Decentralize everything, make everyone anonymous, and get on with a new internet paradigm.

herschelle42 Jan 5, 2023

@noybeu great work! this is good news for EU citizen privacy. Do not think this is over by a long shot. F’burg will continue to bribe bully and weasel thier way out of it. We must always be vigilant.

Nelfaneor Jan 5, 2023

@noybeu
"Users may also take action over the illegal use of their data for the past 4.5 years."
Let's spread the message : any user of of Facebook may sue them. It's just a matter of European citizenship and good will. #killtheevil
@meta

stevenray Jan 5, 2023

@noybeu @meta @pulsewidth if only the same would happen in North America.

@noybeu @meta we need something similar to the G.P.D.R. right here in North America

jahu Jan 7, 2023