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Tisha Tiger<p>Internet of shit, episode 56874: "Roku testing auto-playing video ads before loading the home screen"</p><p>➡️ <a href="https://9to5mac.com/2025/03/18/in-garbage-move-roku-testing-auto-playing-video-ads-before-loading-the-home-screen/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">9to5mac.com/2025/03/18/in-garb</span><span class="invisible">age-move-roku-testing-auto-playing-video-ads-before-loading-the-home-screen/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://htt.social/tags/Roku" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Roku</span></a> <a href="https://htt.social/tags/ads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ads</span></a> <a href="https://htt.social/tags/advertising" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>advertising</span></a> <a href="https://htt.social/tags/TV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TV</span></a> <a href="https://htt.social/tags/television" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>television</span></a></p>
fuomag9<p>I have unsubscribed from <a href="https://kiwi.fuo.fi/tags/mark" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mark</a> <a href="https://kiwi.fuo.fi/tags/rober" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#rober</a> a while a go because his <a href="https://kiwi.fuo.fi/tags/YouTube" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#YouTube</a> videos have been more and more <a href="https://kiwi.fuo.fi/tags/faked" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#faked</a> and targeted towards <a href="https://kiwi.fuo.fi/tags/advertising" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#advertising</a><span> and selling of a product. <br><br>I do get that someone has to eat and pay bills, but fake videos either need to be disclosed as such or don't make them at all<br><br>RE: </span><a href="https://mastodon.social/users/verge/statuses/114180135397735630" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://mastodon.social/users/verge/statuses/114180135397735630</a></p>
Patrick Leavy<p>Important <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/petition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>petition</span></a> to sign: "Ban behavioural data extraction for advertising"</p><p><a href="https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/713456" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">petition.parliament.uk/petitio</span><span class="invisible">ns/713456</span></a> </p><p>If you are a UK citizen or UK resident PLEASE SIGN THIS 🙏🏼 </p><p>We need the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/government" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>government</span></a> to take this seriously so creeps like this <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/databroker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>databroker</span></a> don't get more data:<br><a href="https://gizmodo.com/data-broker-brags-about-having-highly-detailed-personal-information-on-nearly-all-internet-users-2000575762" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">gizmodo.com/data-broker-brags-</span><span class="invisible">about-having-highly-detailed-personal-information-on-nearly-all-internet-users-2000575762</span></a></p><p>And <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> is undermined by the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/microtargeting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>microtargeting</span></a> from <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/socialmedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>socialmedia</span></a> - <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> /Brexit/Romania etc</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/surveillancecapitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>surveillancecapitalism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/dataprivacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dataprivacy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/advertising" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>advertising</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RTB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RTB</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/databreach" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>databreach</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/infosec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>infosec</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/data" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>data</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/selfhosting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>selfhosting</span></a></p>
Sag3sThese images really should be ads of the future.<br><a class="hashtag" href="https://kazam.site/tag/nsfw" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nsfw</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://kazam.site/tag/ebony" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ebony</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://kazam.site/tag/ass" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ass</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://kazam.site/tag/porn" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#porn</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://kazam.site/tag/advertising" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#advertising</a>
axxuy<p>I wrote a post about everybody's favorite thing: internet ads!</p><p><a href="https://axxuy.xyz/blog/posts/2025/tension/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">axxuy.xyz/blog/posts/2025/tens</span><span class="invisible">ion/</span></a><br><a href="https://pony.social/tags/blog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>blog</span></a> <a href="https://pony.social/tags/blogging" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>blogging</span></a> <a href="https://pony.social/tags/blogpost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>blogpost</span></a> <a href="https://pony.social/tags/indieweb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>indieweb</span></a> <a href="https://pony.social/tags/advertising" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>advertising</span></a> <a href="https://pony.social/tags/personalwebsite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>personalwebsite</span></a></p>
Frederik Borgesius<p>New pre-print online:</p><p>‘The EU Digital Services Act: what does it mean for online advertising and adtech?’</p><p>By Pieter Wolters and me. </p><p>We explore the question: what does the Digital Services Act mean for online advertising? </p><p>We show that some types of ad tech companies, such as ad networks, should be considered platforms.</p><p>Comments are welcome! It's a pre-print, so we can still improve it. </p><p><a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.05764" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">arxiv.org/abs/2503.05764</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://akademienl.social/tags/eu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>eu</span></a> <a href="https://akademienl.social/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://akademienl.social/tags/dsa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dsa</span></a> <a href="https://akademienl.social/tags/gdpr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gdpr</span></a> <a href="https://akademienl.social/tags/eprivacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>eprivacy</span></a> <a href="https://akademienl.social/tags/advertising" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>advertising</span></a> <a href="https://akademienl.social/tags/adtech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>adtech</span></a> <a href="https://akademienl.social/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> <a href="https://akademienl.social/tags/platform" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>platform</span></a> <a href="https://akademienl.social/tags/cookie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cookie</span></a></p>