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  1. EC Antitrust investigation on Google adtech: Competition against Privacy @vestager/1407285753344892939 😬 Honestly not a great way to frame the issues 🤔 1/
    oh my god twitter doesn’t include alt text from images in their APIoh my god twitter doesn’t include alt text from images in their API
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      "The restrictions placed by Google on the ability of third parties [...] to access data about user identity or user behaviour [...]" Rather than extending the surveillance to more companies, how about stopping the personal data leaks through RTB @johnnyryan/1407292693600944132? 2/
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        "Google's announced plans to prohibit the placement of third party ‘cookies' on Chrome and replace them with the “Privacy Sandbox” Google already has an agreement with the CMA, EC is following this road. Spoiler: it might not be good for your privacy @Caffar3Cristina/1402547307208495105 3/
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          "Google's announced plans to stop making the advertising identifier available to third parties [...] when a user opts out of personalised advertising" Is it a joke from the EC?! Google will make the opt-out work, but it's hidden in the settings @acfou/1407001257433251840 😈 4/
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            "The Commission will take into account the need to protect user privacy, in accordance with EU laws in this respect" Let's hope this sentence will have some weight during the investigation 🤞 5/
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              And a good time to read this thread about Google's ad-tech stack Type II monopoly abuse: the ad-targeting systems Google sells are extraordinarily, harmfully invasive @doctorow/1402314799015370755 😵 6/
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