Post by @VoltEuropa@mstdn.social

Help us Kill the Cookie Banner

Every website asks the same question: Accept. Reject. Manage preferences. They're annoying, repetitive, and often designed to create artificial consent by pushing you into clicking "Accept All" just to get to the content.

It is time to end the banner madness and fix web tracking once and for all. Sign the petition to kill cookie banners! 🍪🧨

👉 Sign & share:
https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/kill-the-cookie-banner

#EUpol #DigitalRights #Privacy #CookieBanners #Volt #DigitalSovereignty #Cookies

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#cookiebanners #cookies #volt #eupol #digitalrights #digitalsovereignty #privacy

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Nik

@nikclayton@mastodon.social 6 days ago

@VoltEuropa Do you have something that contrasts this with the (failed) efforts under https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Do_Not_Track ?

Do Not Track

HTTP header field that requests web applications to disable individual user tracking

Volt Europa

@VoltEuropa@mstdn.social 6 days ago

@nikclayton Great question! The key difference is legal enforcement: DNT was just a voluntary request that ad networks simply chose to ignore.

We're taking the original spirit of DNT and using modern technical signals (like GPC), but instead of politely asking sites to behave, we're pushing to cement those signals into law so websites are legally forced to obey them.

Nik

@nikclayton@mastodon.social 5 days ago

@VoltEuropa How does this prevent popups?

As a concrete example, right now, if I go to a page like https://www.theguardian.com/europe I get a popup that says I can either accept cookies, or subscribe.

Under this proposal, what prevents the site from showing a popup that says I either have to disable GPC or subscribe?

I have other questions, but they're probably better answered by reading the legislation. The petition page doesn't link to it, please can you do so here.

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Nik

@nikclayton@mastodon.social 2 hr. ago

@VoltEuropa Ping.