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#FTC Orders Maker of TurboTax to Cease “Deceptive” #Advertising
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The federal agency, after an investigation prompted by ProPublica’s reporting, blasted #Intuit for misleading customers about its “free” tax-filing program and directed the company to take specific steps to fix its ads.

#Taxes #IRS #IncomeTax #TurboTax #News

https://www.propublica.org/article/ftc-intuit-turbotax-cease-deceptive-advertising-free-filing-taxes?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=mastodon-post


The EU bans Meta's use of personal data for behavioural advertising.

The European Data Protection Board said Wednesday it had adopted a binding decision that will ban Facebook and Instagram owner Meta from using the personal data of users for targeted advertisements.

Earlier this year Norway imposed a ban on sending Facebook and Instagram users targeted advertisements based on their personal data.

https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20231101-eu-bans-meta-s-use-of-personal-data-for-behavioural-advertising

#EU #Privacy #EDPB #Meta #Facebook #Instagram #Advertising


The #CSAM clusterfuck just became even more shitty:

Dutch researcher Danny Mekić has looked at #advertising data from #Twitter & says that the @EU_Commission's #DGHome has used #SurveillanceAds based on prohibited data categories to target people with #disinformation about the #ChatControl proposal.

#YlvaJohansson's department specifically targeted people in member states that had been critical of her proposal but excluded people who are likely to value #privacy.

https://dannymekic.com/202310/undermining-democracy-the-european-commissions-controversial-push-for-digital-surveillance


I wonder how many brands will put their #PrideMonth money where their mouth is and pull #advertising and engagement following Musk's latest contribution to the #antitrans lurching of the platform.

(Guess - less than 7)

Frankly I have never been so glad that I shuttered my account...

https://www.forbes.com/sites/mattnovak/2023/06/21/elon-musk-says-cisgender-now-considered-a-slur-on-twitter/


🆕 blog! “The IAB loves tracking users. But it hates users tracking them.”

The Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) is a standards development group for the advertising industry. Their members love tracking users. They want to know where you are, who you're with, what you're buying, and what you think. All so they can convince you to spend sligh…

👀 Read more: https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2023/01/the-iab-loves-tracking-users-but-it-hates-users-tracking-them/

#advertising #email #privacy


When #greenwashing by #ad companies meets bad journalism.

Not at all what I expect from the #Guardian 😞

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/sep/24/bus-shelter-roofs-turned-into-gardens-for-bees-butterflies-aoe

The message here is "yes we can make tiny symbolic gestures to protect the environment, but only if it saves #advertising profits":

No ads, no bees. Would be a pity if we had to throw away the flowers!

It's beyond ridiculous! I'm going to unravel the deception in five toots:

(this is 1/8) 🧵