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[Link] Lawmakers Plan Legislation to ‘Ban Surveillance Advertising’

Read: 19/1/2022 www.vice.com

Lawmakers have proposed new legislation that they say would ban surveillance-based advertising. The legislation would target the underlying practice of targeted or personalized ads that facilitates surveillance-based advertising itself.

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[Link] Reg reader returns Samsung TV after finding giant ads splattered everywhere

Read: 8/11/2021 www.theregister.com

A Register reader triggered a kerfuffle for Samsung after asking the electronics biz if he could disable large and intrusive adverts splattered across his new smart TV's programme guide.

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[Link] Call of Duty marketing finds a new level of tastelessness

Read: 26/10/2021 www.pcgamer.com

The latest marketing push for Call of Duty: Vanguard wants you to believe its graphics are so realistic that conflict photographers can't tell the difference between the videogame and reality.

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[Link] ‘Asian Achievers,’ ‘Gay’: How ISPs Label Customers for Advertisers

Read: 22/10/2021 www.vice.com

A new FTC report has revealed that ISPs collect and sell a horrifying amount of sensitive data about their customers.

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[Link] Why You Suddenly Need To Delete Google Chrome

Read: 29/8/2021 www.forbes.com

A shocking new tracking admission from Google, one that hasn’t yet made headlines, should be a serious warning to Chrome’s 2.6 billion users. If you’re one of them, this nasty new surprise should be a genuine reason to quit.

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[Link] Amazon, Facebook and Google Paid Millions to Pirates, Study Finds

Read: 17/8/2021 torrentfreak.com

A new report published by the Digital Citizens Alliance suggests that pirates sites earn more than a billion dollars in revenue per year, while pirate apps are good for another quarter. Part of the money comes from big brands such as Amazon, Facebook and Google.

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[Link] Russian gay family in controversial ad flee to Spain after threats

Read: 7/8/2021 www.theguardian.com

A lesbian couple and their family, who were featured in an advert for a Russian supermarket chain that led to a national scandal have fled the country after facing online abuse and death threats.

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