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

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 53 points 10 months ago (1 children)

GDPR violation.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 10 months ago (2 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

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!!