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submitted 2 days ago by BrikoX@lemmy.zip to c/technology@lemmy.zip

The European Union’s executive body is facing an embarrassing privacy scandal after it was confirmed on Friday that a Commission ad campaign on X (formerly Twitter) breached the EU’s own data protection rules.

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[-] vpol@lemm.ee 16 points 2 days ago

The fact that EU has ad campaigns on Twitter is more embarrassing

[-] Tobberone@lemm.ee 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I was about to write that i agree, but then i read the article. The ads were targeting people to sway public opinion on chat control, the very purpose GDPR was built to control. I expected more from our politicians.

So, as embarrassing as twitter is, the intended purpose is worse.

I'm glad GDPR seems to work.

this post was submitted on 14 Dec 2024
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