Europe is cracking down on Big Tech. This is what will change when you sign on::Starting Friday, Europeans will see their online life change.

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    1 year ago

    Your kids won’t be targeted with digital ads

    Hahaha, yeah right, what do you call Diana & Roma Toy's and Color's Nastya and all the other youtube channels my daughter loves, if you don’t call them ads for products they receive for free?

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      1 year ago

      I hate to admit this but every time I visit my “subscriptions” view on YT my reaction is “oh… this shit that I clicked subscribe on three years ago…”

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    1 year ago

    That all sounds great. I wonder if tech companies will implement for the US as well? That’s what my work did with GDPR. We decided it was easier to do things one way, and that users would appreciate the additional options and protections. It also didn’t harm our business to do this.