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WhatsApp to Start Showing Ads to Users in Parts of the Messaging App

Meta · United States

WhatsApp to Start Showing Ads to Users in Parts of the Messaging App

52% Center coverage: 150 sources

Bill requiring social media warning labels advances in New York

Bill requiring social media warning labels advances in New York

75% Center coverage: 4 sources

The bill passed its final vote in the Assembly on Tuesday. It still requires the governor's signature.See the Story

Onze afhankelijkheid van Big Tech is geen toeval

Netherlands · Netherlands

Onze afhankelijkheid van Big Tech is geen toeval

Elke gratis dienst die je van Big Tech afneemt is een investering van Big Tech in jouw afhankelijkheid. Evelyn schreef hier onderstaand stuk over dat eerder verscheen als voorwoord in onze tweewekelijkse nieuwsbrief. Meld je aan voor onze nieuwsbrief Dit artikel verscheen eerder als voorwoord van onze tweewekelijkse nieuwsbrief. Voortaan deze nieuwsbrief meteen in je inbox ontvangen? Schrijf je in via: #mailpoet_form_6 .mailpoet_form { } #mailp…Read Article

Online platforms continue to use manipulative design regardless of legislation

Our recent investigation into online platforms reveals that they are guilty of influencing your choices. As a user, you are directed toward certain actions that are not in your best interest, but which benefit the platform. This is legally not allowed. Users constantly make choices when they use a website or app. These choices include clicking on content or information to watch, selecting desired options, and performing certain actions. You expe…Netherlands · Netherlands Read Article

We would like to introduce: Zarlasht Zia

Zarlasht joins our team as Content & Engagement Specialist. We are happy to introduce you to her. Zarlasht writes: "Imagine a distant future where the world is run by tech bros like Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg. Businessmen like Donald Trump determine the political narrative, and in the Netherlands, former chief of Dutch secret services Dick Schoof is in charge. A dystopian prospect? Sadly... Welcome to 2025. We doomscroll through o…Netherlands · Netherlands Read Article

Pushing back against datafication of our bodies

A residential care center in the east of the Netherlands has recently started a pilot using facial recognition to prevent seniors suffering from dementia - who aren’t allowed to leave the premises - from leaving. For people on the list, the door remains locked after facial recognition. Dutch radio station BNR invited the IT providers’ operational director, who clarifies that every senior who unintentionally leaves, is one too many. Bodily integr…Dementia · Netherlands Read Article

Home visits from the police are not just a problem for the activist

Recently, there has been a lot of controversy in the Netherlands about police visiting activists at their homes, and rightly so. People are getting home visits from the police after attending a protest or posting on social media. This is an intimidating practice that makes people feel unsafe to participate in the public debate. It not only harms these individuals, but our society as a whole. These visits are not incidentsImagine, you make use of…Netherlands · Netherlands Read Article

Yes! The current system of online advertising has been ruled illegal

The current system of online advertising has been ruled illegal by the Belgian Court of Appeal. Advertising itself is still allowed, but not in a way that secretly tracks everyone’s behavior. From time to time, important news gets overshadowed by other headlines, even though it could have a profound impact on our (online) world. To most of us, few things are more bothersome than the dreaded cookie banners. On countless websites, you’re confronte…Belgium · Belgium Read Article

Technology and Your Child

In this episode we talk to Lotte, Rejo and Maartje about privacy issues that parents can encounter with regard to their child. Evelyn is in The Hague for a round table discussion in the House of Representatives about young people and privacy, so Maartje takes her place. She recommends the online radio station Radiooooo. Radiooooo Maartje talks about the platform Radiooooo, which brought the fun side of the internet to life for her this week. Via…The Hague · The Hague Read Article

Not a Word About Discrimination in New Anti-Money Laundering Approach

Last February, the Minister of Finance received the Big Brother Awards Audience Award for creating policy that indirectly leads to privacy violations and discrimination by financial institutions. 9% of all Dutch people suspect they have experienced this. Among people with a non-Western migration background, this is 32%. Three ING customers went to the College for Human Rights. They ruled that there had been discrimination. Sign up for our newsle…Netherlands · Netherlands Read Article

The E.U. Digital Markets Act Is Here. Here’s What It Means for You.

100% Left coverage: 1 sources

Lawyers for Meta faced on Tuesday off against the European Commission in the European General Court in Luxembourg over its designation as a “gatekeeper”Apps See the Story

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