I only now read Georg Riekeles' excellent 2022 account of #BigTech's outrageous global #lobbying influence. While I don't agree with everything (e.g. his take on #liability and the #copyright debate), after 15 years in #EU #Brussels I'd say his long-read is frighteningly accurate.

Includes special mentions of @corporateeurope and other crucial civil society groups fighting back.

A must-read: https://medium.com/@georg.riekeles/teknopolis-7cbe48a5fcf2

#TrackingFreeAds #DigitalServicesAct #DigitalMarketsAct #AIAct

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

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

🇧🇪 Belgian appeals court rules #TCF's #consent framework that enables 80% of the internet's #SurveillanceAds is illegal.

What a fantastic win for the complainants ( @edri members) @panoptykon, @bitsoffreedom, and #ICCL !

https://www.iccl.ie/digital-data/eu-ruling-tracking-based-advertising-by-google-microsoft-amazon-x-across-europe-has-no-legal-basis/

#TrackingFreeAds #RTB #tracking #GDPR