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Meta faces permanent ban on targeted ads across Europe (stackdiary.com)
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Norway has succeeded in getting the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) to make permanent and extend across Europe its ban on Meta (Facebook's parent company) harvesting user data for targeted ads on Facebook and Instagram.

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[–] MrOxiMoron@lemmy.world 37 points 1 year ago

It's about the part where they can't hide the data collection in the terms and conditions of the site. You have to have a separate clear consent step for them to collect the data.