Meta's Rush to Topple Twitter Sets Up Looming Privacy Debate
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GDPR is halting Meta's new Threads app from entering EU markets, portending a broader struggle over the right ways to collect user data on social apps.

cross-posted from: https://feddit.ch/post/91950

Meta is one of the biggest privacy offenders, not suprising that they already seem to break EU privacy law.

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Upcoming data privacy regulations are preventing Meta’s new microblogging app “Threads” from launching in European Union (EU) markets. Experts say this is only the beginning of the privacy battle facing te Twitter clone.

Judging by its entry in the Apple app store, it’s no wonder that Threads is being shielded from EU scrutiny. Browsing history, geolocations, health and financial information, and much more are all up for grabs. There’s even a dedicated category for “sensitive information” which, according to Apple’s documentation, includes “racial or ethnic data, sexual orientation, pregnancy or childbirth information, disability, religious or philosophical beliefs, trade union membership, political opinion, genetic information, or biometric data.”

What a weird way to quantify what’s being run. You could combine all 22 into a single script and the same stuff would be run

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Lots of websites seem to be doing it these days. The worst I’ve seen is CNN, which has over 40 per page.

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