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EU should ban targeted advertising (algorithmwatch.org)

submitted 1 year ago by digidali@feddit.de to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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targeted advertising [...] have a serious negative impact on election #integrity [...] risks democratic pluralism and #freedom of expression contained in the Council’s proposal [...] tactics should have no place in #HumanRights respecting democracies [...] goes against what the majority of #people want

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[–] Noodlez@programming.dev 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I disagree with this. If a new shop comes out, how are they supposed to get word-of-mouth over the bigger, more shopped at shop, even if it is better? People will stick with what they know, and the new shop will die. Maybe this is a naïve perspective, but that's how I am thinking here.

[–] Bicyclejohn@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Good point. Some degree of marketing should be allowed for small companies