In 2025 #microtargeting and #personalisedads have been so successful it's less 'divide and conquer' and now more like 'ATOMISE AND CONQUER' 😒

#surveillancecapitalism #threattodemocracy #rtb

We are isolated and weak in our information bubbles. No shared reality = no coordinated fight back. Are you going to let that happen?

Let's hope the orgs can rally us: @eff @noybeu @privacyint @corporateeurope @edri #ThePeopleVsBigTech

We know about the #Trump campaign using #CambridgeAnalytica to swing the 2016 election, and Russia getting involved, but gun associations? That's new to me.

https://www.propublica.org/article/guns-lobbying-cambridge-analytica-nssf-privacy-elections

3rd party vested interests providing citizen private data to dodgy firms to swing elections is a pretty dark use of #microtargeting. On a par (nearly) with what the #UniversityOfPhoenix was caught doing 🤮

#surveillancecapitalism #RTB #personalisedads #personalizedads #privacy

I'll explain: Under European law, we have the right to demand that Facebook stop using our personal #data for "direct marketing purposes" -- think of highly #PersonalisedAds and recommendations. And the #law also says that Facebook can't charge us extra to exercise that right. Serious violations of data protection law could cost Facebook billions -- but #authorities need evidence to act. And that's where we come in:

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