Open Rights Group<p>What are stalker ads?</p><p>Meta harvests personal data to track your behaviour, making assumptions about who you are and what you believe. This is used to sell targeted adverts 🏧</p><p>By settling Tanya O'Carroll's case, Meta admits that you have the right to opt-out.</p><p>It's time to <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/StopStalkerAds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StopStalkerAds</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/21/meta-settles-u-k-right-to-object-to-ad-tracking-lawsuit-by-agreeing-not-to-track-plaintiff/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">techcrunch.com/2025/03/21/meta</span><span class="invisible">-settles-u-k-right-to-object-to-ad-tracking-lawsuit-by-agreeing-not-to-track-plaintiff/</span></a></p><p>Use our tool to opt-out ➡️ <a href="https://action.openrightsgroup.org/meta-opt-out" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">action.openrightsgroup.org/met</span><span class="invisible">a-opt-out</span></a></p><p><a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/meta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>meta</span></a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/dataprotection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dataprotection</span></a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/surveillanceadvertising" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>surveillanceadvertising</span></a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/surveillancecapitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>surveillancecapitalism</span></a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/adtech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>adtech</span></a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/GDPR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GDPR</span></a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/ukpolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ukpolitics</span></a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/ukpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ukpol</span></a></p>
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Open Rights Group<p>NEW: Tool launched to opt-out of stalker ads on Meta!</p><p>Last week saw a big win for data rights! Meta settled Tanya O'Carroll's legal case against them. They agreed to stop using her data for targeted advertising.</p><p>Now it's your turn 🫵</p><p>Use our tool to <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/StopStalkerAds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StopStalkerAds</span></a> (UK residents) ⬇️</p><p><a href="https://action.openrightsgroup.org/meta-opt-out" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">action.openrightsgroup.org/met</span><span class="invisible">a-opt-out</span></a></p><p><a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/meta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>meta</span></a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/dataprotection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dataprotection</span></a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/surveillanceadvertising" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>surveillanceadvertising</span></a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/adtech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>adtech</span></a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/GDPR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GDPR</span></a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/surveillancecapitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>surveillancecapitalism</span></a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/ukpolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ukpolitics</span></a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/ukpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ukpol</span></a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/Facebook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Facebook</span></a></p>
Patrick Leavy<p>I'll post this periodically in case anyone missed their chance to STOP THE <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CREEPY" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CREEPY</span></a></p><p><a href="https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/713456" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">petition.parliament.uk/petitio</span><span class="invisible">ns/713456</span></a></p><p>Please sign if you're either a British citizen or resident. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/surveillancecapitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>surveillancecapitalism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/petition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>petition</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/surveillanceadvertising" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>surveillanceadvertising</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tracking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tracking</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/datarape" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>datarape</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/surveillamcebusinessmodel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>surveillamcebusinessmodel</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/notok" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>notok</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/dataprotection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dataprotection</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/infosec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>infosec</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/dataprivacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dataprivacy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/threattodemocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>threattodemocracy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gdpr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gdpr</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ukpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ukpol</span></a></p>
C++ Wage Slave<p>Wouldn't it be great if the technology you use every day didn't constantly spy on you? </p><p>If you're in the UK, consider signing this petition from <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@patrickleavy" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>patrickleavy</span></a></span> :</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/@patrickleavy/114179953125237049" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.social/@patrickleavy/</span><span class="invisible">114179953125237049</span></a></p><p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SurveillanceAdvertising" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SurveillanceAdvertising</span></a></p>
Don Marti<p>myth: "personalized" advertising is a good thing that needs to be balanced with <a href="https://federate.social/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> </p><p>reality: personalized/surveillance ads are problematic at a lot of levels—where state privacy laws result in de-personalization, that's a bonus win</p><p><a href="https://blog.zgp.org/advertising-personalization-good-for-you/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">blog.zgp.org/advertising-perso</span><span class="invisible">nalization-good-for-you/</span></a> (way too many links to way too much research to click them all—my prep for Internet arguments with surveillance advertising fans) <a href="https://federate.social/tags/advertising" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>advertising</span></a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/surveillanceCapitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>surveillanceCapitalism</span></a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/surveillanceAdvertising" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>surveillanceAdvertising</span></a></p>
Don Marti<p>fwiw The Document Foundation somehow manages to keep <a href="https://federate.social/tags/LibreOffice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LibreOffice</span></a>, a complex cross-platform GUI application, useful and secure without selling out to <a href="https://federate.social/tags/surveillanceAdvertising" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>surveillanceAdvertising</span></a></p>
Patrick Leavy<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.world/@Mer__edith" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Mer__edith</span></a></span> I'm going to launch a petition in the UK to get <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/surveillanceadvertising" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>surveillanceadvertising</span></a> banned.<br>🤞</p>
Kagan MacTane (he/him)<p>Folks are very rightly upset about Facebook, Google, and Amazon partnering with company that listened in on people's conversations to figure out what ads to show them.</p><p>But I'm not hearing enough about the company that actually did the spying:</p><p>Cox Media Group, aka CMG.</p><p>Say their name. Say it with venom. Hold them accountable.</p><p><a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/CoxMediaGroup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CoxMediaGroup</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/spying" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spying</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/malware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>malware</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/advertising" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>advertising</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/surveillance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>surveillance</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/SurveillanceAdvertising" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SurveillanceAdvertising</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/Cox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cox</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/CoxMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CoxMedia</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/Facebook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Facebook</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/Google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Google</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/Amazon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Amazon</span></a></p>
censored for “transphobia”<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://musician.social/@ericdano" class="u-url mention">@<span>ericdano</span></a></span> Thus, not a spam issue but spam being scapegoated in Google’s move to push everyone into the <a href="https://freeradical.zone/tags/surveillanceAdvertising" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>surveillanceAdvertising</span></a> hellscape. What <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://toot.cat/@woozle" class="u-url mention">@<span>woozle</span></a></span> is experiencing now is just a nuanced variation of the same. Raising the bar of effort & making small operations dance more is just another way to knock some of them down & get them to concede to surveillance capitalism.</p>
censored for “transphobia”<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mamot.fr/@RLetot" class="u-url mention">@<span>RLetot</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/@aral" class="u-url mention">@<span>aral</span></a></span> If you ignore all the MS corruption & anti-consumer actions by MS & fixate just on privacy, MS was widely thought to not be in the <a href="https://freeradical.zone/tags/surveillanceAdvertising" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>surveillanceAdvertising</span></a> biz (certainly not to the Google/FB extreme). People assumed MS did not snoop in their email. But this year MS bought a surveillance ad spin-off (<a href="https://freeradical.zone/tags/XANDR" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>XANDR</span></a>?) from AT&T, so now there can be no mistake: MS is firmly in that business.</p>
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