https://gizmodo.com/facebook-instagram-targeted-ads-europe- ãprivacy-ruling-1849860593ãã[By Thomas Germain, Published December 7, 2022]ãããThis Privacy Ruling Against Facebook and Instagram Could Spell the End of Targeted AdsããA couple of excerpts:ãã"Privacy regulators in the European Union have ruled that Meta,ãparent company of Facebook and Instagram, can't make giving upãdata for targeted ads a condition of joining the socialãnetworks, according to reports published Tuesday in the WallãStreet Journal and Reuters. The decision threatens to upend theãsocial media giant's business model and alter the financialãunderpinnings of the internet.ãã"Signing up for Facebook or Instagram means clicking past aãprivacy policy and consenting to the social networks' digitalãsurveillance for advertising purposes. If you don't agree, youãcan't have an account. But the European Data Protection Boardã(EDPB) made up of all of Europe's privacy regulators issued aãseries of new decisions Monday reportedly declaring that thisãkind of coerced consent violates the General Data ProtectionãRegulation (GDPR), the EU's sweeping privacy law.ãã[...]ãã"An EU ruling only has a direct effect on businesses operatingãin the EU, but it's a sign that governments may finally beãchanging their tune when it comes to privacy. So far, lawmakersãhave been willing to pass privacy rules that make certain dataãpractices more cumbersome for the business world, but this isãthe first time that a major government body has taken steps toãcurtail targeted ads outright.ãã"But the GDPR serves as a model for the privacy laws in theãUnited States and across the globe. If this strictãinterpretation of the law is successful-however you defineãsuccess-it could hint at a far more private future.ãã--- OpenXP 5.0.57ã * Origin: Ogg's Dovenet Point (723:320/1.9)ã þ Synchronet þ CAPCITY2 * capcity2.synchro.net * Telnet/SSH:2022/Rlogin/HTTPã