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Ad firm plans to use people’s data in a maneuver to sink data privacy bill (www.politico.com)

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Internal emails highlight how an advertising company can use its in-house resources to oppose public policy proposals.

One of the world’s largest advertising firms is crafting a campaign to thwart a California bill intended to enhance people’s control over the data that companies collect on them.

According to emails obtained by POLITICO, the Interpublic Group is coordinating an effort against a bill that would make it easier for people to request that data brokers — firms that collect and sell personal information — delete their dossiers.

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[-] Yepthatsme@kbin.social 119 points 1 year ago

Advertising and marketing are mind poison and everyone hates them and we should retaliate against them politically and economically. Destroying the advertising market is something global society should do.

Ad blockers/VPNs should be the norm.

[-] sudo@lemmy.today 3 points 1 year ago

You say everyone hates then but honestly it's really not true. Plenty of people are annoyed by ads, others tolerate them, sometimes people even enjoy them (see Superbowl shit or people sharing meme ads and commercials) and honestly that's part of the problem. Ads have been a part of so many people lives for so long they can't even imagine a world where they aren't constantly bombarded by ads and having them privacy exploited for corporate gains.

Personally I'm vehemently opposed to ads and go out of my way to block them in every way I can, but fundamentally many people don't see them as an issue or are too attached to the corporate teat to try voting with their wallet to suppress the problem.

[-] Loulou@lemmy.mindoki.com 18 points 1 year ago

Just because you like to be attached to a pole doesn't mean we should let companies attach us all to a pole.

If someone "likes" commercials, well I guess we could have a web-place for them where they can go and we can avoid.

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