The #DigitalMarketsAct mandates Meta to "enable end users to freely choose to opt-in to [combining or cross-using personal data] by offering a less personalised but equivalent alternative".
When I pointed out to Meta that by offering users to either #consent to #SurveillanceAds or pay € 275 per year for #Instagram & #Facebook isn't "equivalent alternative" they said, Meta has to do that because of #GDPR 😤 Really??
#YlvaJohansson's department specifically targeted people in member states that had been critical of her proposal but excluded people who are likely to value #privacy.
@RDBinns@LornaWoods I always had the impression that ad networks could be seen as online platforms as defined by Art 3.1(i) #DSA -- but I doubt the Commission will treat them as such given their previous refusal to regulate #SurveillanceAds via the #DigitalServicesAct.
Another example of why it's problematic when drafters and enforcers of a law are the same institution and even the same people.
I usually write this blog 5-6 days/week, but every now and again, I take a break, and when I do, I get massive link backlogs of stuff I want to write about, but lack the time to address in depth. When that happens, I turn my Saturday edition into a #linkdump. Today, I present the sixth in the series - here's the other five:
The Google/Apple duopoly rakes 30% off every subscription payment collected in an app. The Google/Meta duopoly rakes 51% out of every ad-dollar (and maintain that death-grip through creepy, #privacy-invading #SurveillanceAds). Meta and Twitter hold social media subscribers hostage, forcing publishers to pay to reach their own subscribers.