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Meta today began removing ads from attorneys who were seeking clients that claim to have been harmed by social media (www.axios.com)
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[–] 21 points 7 months ago (2 children)

I hope it leads to them losing another class action about scams. They claim it's too hard to regulate ads when there are so money, but clearly they can filter if they choose to.

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  • [–] 6 points 7 months ago* (1 child)

    I hope all of this leads to a huge swing in popular opinion that data surveillance has the same potential as home surveillance, meaning that by monitoring the data of the average person across platforms — you can reach the same conclusions as you would by taking tenancy in their home to monitor their livelihoods. Then, I hope we revisit the constitutional amendments and ask ourselves whether a modern interpretation of the 3rd would yield that protection of the house (I.e., “no soldier shall, in time of peace, be quartered in any house without the consent of the owner”) translates to protection of the data. Then I hope that we can interpret Engblom v. Carey to mean “soldier” applies to any executive authority. Finally, I hope we can all start paying a lot more attention to Larry Ellison — the man who is consolidating a whole lot of private healthcare data and top-secret defense contracts right now while the world remains focused on the Iran war.

    I know, I am asking for a lot.

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago

    They’re already monitoring us in our homes. What do you think Alexa was for? Why do you think every smart appliance connects to the cloud instead of a local hub now?

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