Great. How can I get Meta to stop pumping targeted adverts at me ?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1en1yjv4dpo
Facebook has agreed to stop targeting adverts at an individual user using personal data after she filed a lawsuit against its parent company, tech giant Meta.
Tanya O'Carroll, 37, who lives in London and works in the tech policy and human rights sector, said it would open a "gateway" for other people
wanting to stop the social media company from serving them adverts based
on their demographics and interests.
The Information Commissioner's Office, the UK's data watchdog, said
online targeted advertising should be considered direct marketing.
On 22/03/2025 03:53 PM, Jethro_uk wrote:
Great. How can I get Meta to stop pumping targeted adverts at me ?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1en1yjv4dpo
Facebook has agreed to stop targeting adverts at an individual user
using personal data after she filed a lawsuit against its parent
company, tech giant Meta.
Tanya O'Carroll, 37, who lives in London and works in the tech policy
and human rights sector, said it would open a "gateway" for other
people wanting to stop the social media company from serving them
adverts based on their demographics and interests.
Had she considered the medium to long term effects?
The Information Commissioner's Office, the UK's data watchdog, said
online targeted advertising should be considered direct marketing.
It is only the advertising revenue which enables the services to be
supplied free of charge.
On Sat, 22 Mar 2025 17:22:53 +0000, JNugent wrote:
On 22/03/2025 03:53 PM, Jethro_uk wrote:
Great. How can I get Meta to stop pumping targeted adverts at me ?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1en1yjv4dpo
Facebook has agreed to stop targeting adverts at an individual user
using personal data after she filed a lawsuit against its parent
company, tech giant Meta.
Tanya O'Carroll, 37, who lives in London and works in the tech policy
and human rights sector, said it would open a "gateway" for other
people wanting to stop the social media company from serving them
adverts based on their demographics and interests.
Had she considered the medium to long term effects?
The Information Commissioner's Office, the UK's data watchdog, said
online targeted advertising should be considered direct marketing.
It is only the advertising revenue which enables the services to be
supplied free of charge.
So there is be a model where you pay to get no ads. Suits me.
On 2025-03-22, Jethro_uk <jethro_uk@hotmailbin.com> wrote:
On Sat, 22 Mar 2025 17:22:53 +0000, JNugent wrote:
On 22/03/2025 03:53 PM, Jethro_uk wrote:
Great. How can I get Meta to stop pumping targeted adverts at me ?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1en1yjv4dpo
Facebook has agreed to stop targeting adverts at an individual user
using personal data after she filed a lawsuit against its parent
company, tech giant Meta.
Tanya O'Carroll, 37, who lives in London and works in the tech policy
and human rights sector, said it would open a "gateway" for other
people wanting to stop the social media company from serving them
adverts based on their demographics and interests.
Had she considered the medium to long term effects?
The Information Commissioner's Office, the UK's data watchdog, said
online targeted advertising should be considered direct marketing.
It is only the advertising revenue which enables the services to be
supplied free of charge.
So there is be a model where you pay to get no ads. Suits me.
More likely a model where you get ads but they are not targeted.
Great. How can I get Meta to stop pumping targeted adverts at me ?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1en1yjv4dpo
Facebook has agreed to stop targeting adverts at an individual user using >personal data after she filed a lawsuit against its parent company, tech >giant Meta.
Tanya O'Carroll, 37, who lives in London and works in the tech policy and >human rights sector, said it would open a "gateway" for other people
wanting to stop the social media company from serving them adverts based
on their demographics and interests.
The Information Commissioner's Office, the UK's data watchdog, said
online targeted advertising should be considered direct marketing.
Great. How can I get Meta to stop pumping targeted adverts at me ?
On 22/03/2025 15:53, Jethro_uk wrote:
Great. How can I get Meta to stop pumping targeted adverts at me ?
Simple - install fbpurity.
On 23/03/2025 10:16, Les. Hayward wrote:
On 22/03/2025 15:53, Jethro_uk wrote:
Great. How can I get Meta to stop pumping targeted adverts at me ?
Simple - install fbpurity.
Uninstall all Meta products? Just a thought.
On 23/03/2025 10:16, Les. Hayward wrote:
On 22/03/2025 15:53, Jethro_uk wrote:
Great. How can I get Meta to stop pumping targeted adverts at me ?
Simple - install fbpurity.
Uninstall all Meta products? Just a thought.
On 23/03/2025 10:16, Les. Hayward wrote:
On 22/03/2025 15:53, Jethro_uk wrote:
Great. How can I get Meta to stop pumping targeted adverts at me ?
Simple - install fbpurity.
Uninstall all Meta products? Just a thought.
"Sam Plusnet" <not@home.com> wrote in message news:UOhEP.1277111$_N6e.357894@fx17.iad...
On 23/03/2025 10:16, Les. Hayward wrote:And in the process lose contact with all those family members,
On 22/03/2025 15:53, Jethro_uk wrote:
Great. How can I get Meta to stop pumping targeted adverts at me ?Simple - install fbpurity.
Uninstall all Meta products? Just a thought.
friends, local, and special interest Groups, who stubbornly persist in prioritising the sheer convenience of Facebook in terms of ease of ease
of communication, in the face of all manner of concerns regarding
privacy, adverts, censorship, politics, etc. being voiced by critics.
More especially in the absence of any realistic alternative.
Some billionaire philanthropist willing to finance a few warehouses full
of racks of servers; all powered up, just on the off-chance of being
able to offer a completely free service to millions, if not billions of users.
Step up, Sir Jim Ratcliffe!
bb
On 24 Mar 2025 at 18:49:23 GMT, "Sam Plusnet" <not@home.com> wrote:
On 23/03/2025 10:16, Les. Hayward wrote:
On 22/03/2025 15:53, Jethro_uk wrote:
Great. How can I get Meta to stop pumping targeted adverts at me ?
Simple - install fbpurity.
Uninstall all Meta products? Just a thought.
Ignore the adverts? Just a thought.
Great. How can I get Meta to stop pumping targeted adverts at me ?
Simple - install fbpurity.
Uninstall all Meta products? Just a thought.
I did that in 2016. Worked for me.
On Tue, 25 Mar 2025 11:08:00 +0000, billy bookcase wrote:
"Sam Plusnet" <not@home.com> wrote in message
news:UOhEP.1277111$_N6e.357894@fx17.iad...
On 23/03/2025 10:16, Les. Hayward wrote:And in the process lose contact with all those family members,
On 22/03/2025 15:53, Jethro_uk wrote:
Great. How can I get Meta to stop pumping targeted adverts at me ?Simple - install fbpurity.
Uninstall all Meta products? Just a thought.
friends, local, and special interest Groups, who stubbornly persist in
prioritising the sheer convenience of Facebook in terms of ease of ease
of communication, in the face of all manner of concerns regarding
privacy, adverts, censorship, politics, etc. being voiced by critics.
More especially in the absence of any realistic alternative.
Some billionaire philanthropist willing to finance a few warehouses full
of racks of servers; all powered up, just on the off-chance of being
able to offer a completely free service to millions, if not billions of
users.
Step up, Sir Jim Ratcliffe!
Signal or Telegram are available.
On Tue, 25 Mar 2025 11:08:00 +0000, billy bookcase wrote:
"Sam Plusnet" <not@home.com> wrote in message
news:UOhEP.1277111$_N6e.357894@fx17.iad...
On 23/03/2025 10:16, Les. Hayward wrote:And in the process lose contact with all those family members,
On 22/03/2025 15:53, Jethro_uk wrote:
Great. How can I get Meta to stop pumping targeted adverts at me ?Simple - install fbpurity.
Uninstall all Meta products? Just a thought.
friends, local, and special interest Groups, who stubbornly persist in
prioritising the sheer convenience of Facebook in terms of ease of ease
of communication, in the face of all manner of concerns regarding
privacy, adverts, censorship, politics, etc. being voiced by critics.
More especially in the absence of any realistic alternative.
Some billionaire philanthropist willing to finance a few warehouses full
of racks of servers; all powered up, just on the off-chance of being
able to offer a completely free service to millions, if not billions of
users.
Step up, Sir Jim Ratcliffe!
bb
Signal or Telegram are available.
In message <vrutlk$3tpvf$1@dont-email.me>, at 18:46:12 on Tue, 25 Mar
2025, jon <reading.mostly@crap.org> remarked:
On Tue, 25 Mar 2025 11:08:00 +0000, billy bookcase wrote:
"Sam Plusnet" <not@home.com> wrote in message
news:UOhEP.1277111$_N6e.357894@fx17.iad...
On 23/03/2025 10:16, Les. Hayward wrote:And in the process lose contact with all those family members,
On 22/03/2025 15:53, Jethro_uk wrote:
Great. How can I get Meta to stop pumping targeted adverts at me ? >>>>>>Simple - install fbpurity.
Uninstall all Meta products? Just a thought.
friends, local, and special interest Groups, who stubbornly persist in
prioritising the sheer convenience of Facebook in terms of ease of ease
of communication, in the face of all manner of concerns regarding
privacy, adverts, censorship, politics, etc. being voiced by critics.
More especially in the absence of any realistic alternative.
Some billionaire philanthropist willing to finance a few warehouses full >>> of racks of servers; all powered up, just on the off-chance of being
able to offer a completely free service to millions, if not billions of
users.
Step up, Sir Jim Ratcliffe!
Signal or Telegram are available.
And so is WhatsApp (but that's Meta too). But all such "Chat" facilities <topical note: RIP Skype> depend on having sufficient of your
correspondents also enrolled, and also joined to each discussion.
Just like ulm relies upon that.
On 26/03/2025 07:18 AM, Roland Perry wrote:
In message <vrutlk$3tpvf$1@dont-email.me>, at 18:46:12 on Tue, 25 Mar
2025, jon <reading.mostly@crap.org> remarked:
On Tue, 25 Mar 2025 11:08:00 +0000, billy bookcase wrote:
"Sam Plusnet" <not@home.com> wrote in message
news:UOhEP.1277111$_N6e.357894@fx17.iad...
On 23/03/2025 10:16, Les. Hayward wrote:And in the process lose contact with all those family members,
On 22/03/2025 15:53, Jethro_uk wrote:
Great. How can I get Meta to stop pumping targeted adverts at me ? >>>>>>>Simple - install fbpurity.
Uninstall all Meta products? Just a thought.
friends, local, and special interest Groups, who stubbornly persist in >>>> prioritising the sheer convenience of Facebook in terms of ease of ease >>>> of communication, in the face of all manner of concerns regarding
privacy, adverts, censorship, politics, etc. being voiced by critics. >>>>
More especially in the absence of any realistic alternative.
Some billionaire philanthropist willing to finance a few warehouses
full
of racks of servers; all powered up, just on the off-chance of being
able to offer a completely free service to millions, if not billions of >>>> users.
Step up, Sir Jim Ratcliffe!
Signal or Telegram are available.
And so is WhatsApp (but that's Meta too). But all such "Chat" facilities
<topical note: RIP Skype> depend on having sufficient of your
correspondents also enrolled, and also joined to each discussion.
Just like ulm relies upon that.
Well said.
It's a free of charge and very useful facility.
Not a weapon.
Signal or Telegram are available.
And so is WhatsApp (but that's Meta too). But all such "Chat" facilities >>> <topical note: RIP Skype> depend on having sufficient of your
correspondents also enrolled, and also joined to each discussion.
Just like ulm relies upon that.
Well said.
It's a free of charge and very useful facility.
Not a weapon.
And, Usenet pushes no adverts.
In message <C3YEP.43017$q9n6.30476@fx16.ams1>, at 18:54:26 on Wed, 26
Mar 2025, Sam Plusnet <not@home.com> remarked:
Signal or Telegram are available.
And so is WhatsApp (but that's Meta too). But all such "Chat"
facilities
<topical note: RIP Skype> depend on having sufficient of your
correspondents also enrolled, and also joined to each discussion.
Just like ulm relies upon that.
 Well said.
 It's a free of charge and very useful facility.
 Not a weapon.
And, Usenet pushes no adverts.
Not in ulm, but some other groups are 99% adverts.
(Or were you being pedantic about adverts being pushed vs pulled?)
On 27/03/2025 07:17, Roland Perry wrote:
Sam Plusnet <not@home.com> remarked:
Signal or Telegram are available.And so is WhatsApp (but that's Meta too). But all such "Chat"
facilities
<topical note: RIP Skype> depend on having sufficient of your
correspondents also enrolled, and also joined to each discussion.
Just like ulm relies upon that.
Well said.
It's a free of charge and very useful facility.
Not a weapon.
And, Usenet pushes no adverts.
Not in ulm, but some other groups are 99% adverts.
Really? I must be very lucky in my choice of newsgroups.
(Or were you being pedantic about adverts being pushed vs pulled?)
No. Intrusive adverts do feel like they are being pushed at me,
regardless of my wishes.
On 27/03/2025 07:17, Roland Perry wrote:
In message <C3YEP.43017$q9n6.30476@fx16.ams1>, at 18:54:26 on Wed, 26
Mar 2025, Sam Plusnet <not@home.com> remarked:
Not in ulm, but some other groups are 99% adverts.Signal or Telegram are available.
And so is WhatsApp (but that's Meta too). But all such "Chat" >>>>>facilities
<topical note: RIP Skype> depend on having sufficient of your
correspondents also enrolled, and also joined to each discussion.
Just like ulm relies upon that.
Well said.
It's a free of charge and very useful facility.
Not a weapon.
And, Usenet pushes no adverts.
Really? I must be very lucky in my choice of newsgroups.
(Or were you being pedantic about adverts being pushed vs pulled?)
No. Intrusive adverts do feel like they are being pushed at me,
regardless of my wishes.
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