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Facebook to stop targeting ads at UK woman after legal fight

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Facebook has agreed to stop targeting adverts at an individual user using personal data after she filed a lawsuit against its parent company, tech giant Meta. Tanya O'Carroll, 37, who lives in London and works in the tech policy and human rights sector, said it would open a "gateway" for other people wanting to stop the social media company from serving them adverts based on their demographics and interests. The Information Commissioner's Office, the UK's data watchdog, said online targeted advertising should be considered direct marketing.

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The Zuckerberg Galaxy - how Facebook has transformed how we get and share information: Paul Keane

The Zuckerberg Galaxy has no underlings. All 2.11 billion daily users are equal. And all users can go viral. Sounds like democracy to me. A retired Vermont English teacher, Keane holds graduate degrees from the Yale Divinity School and Kent State University. He lives in Vermont.

6 days ago·Cleveland, United States

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Daily Montanan

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State’s largest newspaper company settles suit for giving personal information to Facebook

The Billings Gazette, located at the corners of North 27th Street and 4th Avenue in downtown Billings, Montana (Photo by Darrell Ehrlick of the Daily Montanan). More than 1.5 million subscribers, comprising many Montana residents, could be part of a class-action settlement by the state’s largest newspaper company, Lee Enterprises, for sending personally-identifying information to the parent company of Facebook in order to target content, includi…

7 days ago

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TechCrunch

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Meta settles UK 'right to object to ad-tracking' lawsuit by agreeing not to track plaintiff

A human rights campaigner, Tanya O'Carroll, has succeeded in forcing social media giant Meta not to use her data for targeted advertising. The agreement

7 days ago·United States

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The Times

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One mother’s win over Meta will change social media for everyone

Britons will be able to opt out of targeted advertising after Tanya O’Carroll’s David-and-Goliath battle with Meta

7 days ago·United Kingdom

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NZ Herald

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Facebook targeting vulnerable youth

Facebook has come under fire over revelations it is targeting potentially vulnerable youths who "need a confidence boost" to facilitate predatory advertising...

8 years ago·Auckland, New Zealand

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The Overspill: when there's more that I want to say

Start Up No.2410: UK user forces Meta to stop tracking her, is AI killing programming jobs?, toward personal net zero, and more

In the US, government webpages referencing the Enola Gay bomber were wiped – then restored. Guess why? CC-licensed photo by chris favero on Flickr. You can sign up to receive each day’s Start Up post by email. You’ll need to click a confirmation link, so no spam. A selection of 10 links for you. Flying high. I’m @charlesarthur on Twitter. On Threads: charles_arthur. On Mastodon: https://newsie.social/@charlesarthur. On Bluesky: @charlesarthur.bs…

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