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Frederik Borgesius
@Frederik_Borgesius@akademienl.social  ·  activity timestamp 7 days ago

What does the Digital Services Act (DSA) mean for online advertising and adtech?

New blog post by Pieter Wolters and me.

Our most controversial claim is that ad networks and some other adtech companies must be considered ‘platforms’ in the sense of the DSA.

Hence, they must comply with the DSA’s general rules for platforms.

https://dsa-observatory.eu/2025/08/01/what-does-the-dsa-mean-for-online-advertising-and-adtech/

#law #politics #economy#tech #ai #platforms #advertising #marketing #dsa#privacy #gdpr

Screenshot of the title and abstract of the blog post. The abstract says: 'What does the Digital Services Act (DSA) mean for online advertising and adtech (advertising technology)? This blogpost, based on a new research paper, explores that question. The most controversial insight is that ad networks and some other adtech companies must — based on an analysis of the DSA’s definitions — be considered ‘platforms’ in the sense of the DSA. Hence, they must comply with the DSA’s general rules for platforms.'
Screenshot of the title and abstract of the blog post. The abstract says: 'What does the Digital Services Act (DSA) mean for online advertising and adtech (advertising technology)? This blogpost, based on a new research paper, explores that question. The most controversial insight is that ad networks and some other adtech companies must — based on an analysis of the DSA’s definitions — be considered ‘platforms’ in the sense of the DSA. Hence, they must comply with the DSA’s general rules for platforms.'
Screenshot of the title and abstract of the blog post. The abstract says: 'What does the Digital Services Act (DSA) mean for online advertising and adtech (advertising technology)? This blogpost, based on a new research paper, explores that question. The most controversial insight is that ad networks and some other adtech companies must — based on an analysis of the DSA’s definitions — be considered ‘platforms’ in the sense of the DSA. Hence, they must comply with the DSA’s general rules for platforms.'
Frederik Borgesius
@Frederik_Borgesius@akademienl.social  ·  activity timestamp 7 days ago

New paper, open access.

‘If Deceptive Patterns are the problem, are Fair Patterns the solution?’

By Tim de Jonge, Hanna Schraffenberger, Jorrit Geels, Jaap-Henk Hoepman, Marie-Sophie Simon & me.

https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3715275.3732199

#law#tech #design#darkpatterns#facct #deceptivepatterns #manipulation#privacy
Frederik Borgesius
@Frederik_Borgesius@akademienl.social  ·  activity timestamp 7 days ago

What does the Digital Services Act (DSA) mean for online advertising and adtech?

New blog post by Pieter Wolters and me.

Our most controversial claim is that ad networks and some other adtech companies must be considered ‘platforms’ in the sense of the DSA.

Hence, they must comply with the DSA’s general rules for platforms.

https://dsa-observatory.eu/2025/08/01/what-does-the-dsa-mean-for-online-advertising-and-adtech/

#law #politics #economy#tech #ai #platforms #advertising #marketing #dsa#privacy #gdpr

Screenshot of the title and abstract of the blog post. The abstract says: 'What does the Digital Services Act (DSA) mean for online advertising and adtech (advertising technology)? This blogpost, based on a new research paper, explores that question. The most controversial insight is that ad networks and some other adtech companies must — based on an analysis of the DSA’s definitions — be considered ‘platforms’ in the sense of the DSA. Hence, they must comply with the DSA’s general rules for platforms.'
Screenshot of the title and abstract of the blog post. The abstract says: 'What does the Digital Services Act (DSA) mean for online advertising and adtech (advertising technology)? This blogpost, based on a new research paper, explores that question. The most controversial insight is that ad networks and some other adtech companies must — based on an analysis of the DSA’s definitions — be considered ‘platforms’ in the sense of the DSA. Hence, they must comply with the DSA’s general rules for platforms.'
Screenshot of the title and abstract of the blog post. The abstract says: 'What does the Digital Services Act (DSA) mean for online advertising and adtech (advertising technology)? This blogpost, based on a new research paper, explores that question. The most controversial insight is that ad networks and some other adtech companies must — based on an analysis of the DSA’s definitions — be considered ‘platforms’ in the sense of the DSA. Hence, they must comply with the DSA’s general rules for platforms.'
Metin Seven 🎨
@metin@graphics.social  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

Interesting read…

𝙂𝙤𝙤𝙜𝙡𝙚 𝙞𝙨 𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙮𝙤𝙪 (𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙣 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙪𝙨𝙚 𝘿𝙪𝙘𝙠𝘿𝙪𝙘𝙠𝙂𝙤)

https://www.simpleanalytics.com/blog/google-is-tracking-you-even-when-you-use-duck-duck-go

#google #tracking#privacy #InfoSec #security#tech #technology#BigTech#BigBrother
Metin Seven 🎨
@metin@graphics.social  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

Interesting read…

𝙂𝙤𝙤𝙜𝙡𝙚 𝙞𝙨 𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙮𝙤𝙪 (𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙣 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙪𝙨𝙚 𝘿𝙪𝙘𝙠𝘿𝙪𝙘𝙠𝙂𝙤)

https://www.simpleanalytics.com/blog/google-is-tracking-you-even-when-you-use-duck-duck-go

#google #tracking#privacy #InfoSec #security#tech #technology#BigTech#BigBrother
Jan Penfrat
@ilumium@eupolicy.social  ·  activity timestamp 4 weeks ago

Potentially groundbreaking court ruling against #Meta:

"A German court has ruled that Meta must pay €5,000 to a 🇩🇪 #Facebook user who sued the platform for embedding #tracking in third-party websites."

"This may very well be one of the most substantial rulings coming out of Europe this year, ... €5,000 in damages for one visitor adds up quickly if you have tens of thousands of visitors, or even millions."

https://therecord.media/german-court-meta-tracking-tech

#privacy #digitalrights #gdpr #TrackingFreeAds
Jan Penfrat
@ilumium@eupolicy.social  ·  activity timestamp 4 weeks ago

Potentially groundbreaking court ruling against #Meta:

"A German court has ruled that Meta must pay €5,000 to a 🇩🇪 #Facebook user who sued the platform for embedding #tracking in third-party websites."

"This may very well be one of the most substantial rulings coming out of Europe this year, ... €5,000 in damages for one visitor adds up quickly if you have tens of thousands of visitors, or even millions."

https://therecord.media/german-court-meta-tracking-tech

#privacy #digitalrights #gdpr #TrackingFreeAds
Federation Bot
@Federation_Bot  ·  activity timestamp 4 weeks ago

⁂ Article

Jack Dorsey made an open source peer-to-peer encrypted Bluetooth messaging app called Bitchat

A neon logo featuring a speech bubble design in pink, with a blue Bluetooth symbol and the word "bitchat" below.
“Twitter co-founder and Block Head Jack Dorsey launched a new peer-to-peer messaging app over the weekend called Bitchat that runs entirely over Bluetooth. Bitchat relies on Bluetooth Low Energy mesh networks to send encrypted communications directly to nearby devices without requiring internet or cellular service.”

Don’t be too concerned about the Bluetooth range, as this app sets up mesh connections across multiple peers, much like how Meshtastic and Reticulum radio works. So, hopping across two or more peers will quickly extend this reach.

Bitchat is working over Bluetooth LE and the claims are that distance between peers could be as much as 300m. Certainly, for line of sight, such distances should be easy to achieve.

The plan in future seems to be to include Wi-Fi Direct as another connectivity option. I’m wondering if this could evolve in future to work something like the Reticulum network, across all sorts of protocols.

As with Nostr and other similar projects, Bitchat requires no account creation, no servers, no e-mail or mobile phone registrations, and also it has password protected channels, and even a panic mode that will clear all data in the logo is triple-tapped.

Right now, it is working on iOS devices through Apple Testflight, and an Android client is still expected to be released in the near future. As this type of app is normally easier to released for Android, I’m wondering if it was not primarily intended right now to protect the privacy of protesters inside the USA.

See theverge.com/news/701272/jack-… and the GitHub site at github.com/jackjackbits/bitcha…
#Blog, #opensource, #P2P, #privacy, #technology
Frederik Borgesius
@Frederik_Borgesius@akademienl.social  ·  activity timestamp last month

‘Other suggestions from the tech companies included using high-powered quantum computers to “analyse past data to predict future behaviours and create diversion paths” and to automate sentencing calculations in the overstretched probation service.’

Not a ‘Black Mirror’ episode, apparently.

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/jul/01/tech-firms-suggested-placing-trackers-under-offenders-skin-at-meeting-with-justice-secretary
#tech #ai #law #humanrights#privacy #surveillance #gdpr
Frederik Borgesius
@Frederik_Borgesius@akademienl.social  ·  activity timestamp last month

‘Other suggestions from the tech companies included using high-powered quantum computers to “analyse past data to predict future behaviours and create diversion paths” and to automate sentencing calculations in the overstretched probation service.’

Not a ‘Black Mirror’ episode, apparently.

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/jul/01/tech-firms-suggested-placing-trackers-under-offenders-skin-at-meeting-with-justice-secretary
#tech #ai #law #humanrights#privacy #surveillance #gdpr