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Just want to highlight that this is happening at the same time that they are rolling out a policy that will require everyone to provide their live location in o
by mhoad 4y ago
Just want to highlight that this is happening at the same time that they are rolling out a policy that will require everyone to provide their live location in order to serve them targeted ads.
- boopboopbadoop 4y agoAny links where I can read more about this?
- mirashii 4y agohttps://www.techdirt.com/2022/12/14/twitters-big-ad-plan-violate-both-ftc-consent-decree-california-privacy-law-to-force-users-to-hand-over-info-for-ad-targeting/ https://www.techdirt.com/2022/12/14/twitters-big-ad-plan-vio...
- boopboopbadoop 4y agoThank you!
- lost_tourist 4y agoSo if I don't turn on location services on my iphone the app disables itself? lol I only turn on location for apple maps. twitter can just get uninstalled if they make such a requirement.
- nickthegreek 4y agoApparently it shows a full screen dialog that can only be dismissed by opting in. Selling the tracking data allows him to not have to rely on advertisers as much as they flee the platform. And even paying members have to do it, so he can make more on the paying members too.
- happyopossum 4y ago> they are rolling out a policy that will require everyone to provide their live location in order to serve them targeted ads It's happening at the same time that there is an unsupported rumor from unidentified sources claiming that Twitter is talking about doing that. They are not actually doing that now, nor do we know if they are discussing it. This is how news bifurcates into two sides - rumors are assumed to be facts by people when they support their internalized narratives, then get repeated as fact without context or any of the details.
- mhoad 4y agoIf you want to run me through the things Platformmer got wrong about Twitter in the last month across the multiple stories they broke as evidence of how this is unsupported I’m all ears…