Controversial EU ad campaign on X broke bloc's own privacy rules

https://techcrunch.com/2024/12/13/controversial-eu-ad-campaign-on-x-broke-blocs-own-privacy-rules/

The European Union’s executive body is facing an embarrassing privacy scandal after it was confirmed on Friday that a Commission ad campaign on X (formerly Twitter) breached the EU’s own data protection rules.

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vpol@lemm.ee · 15 pts · 1y (1 reply)

The fact that EU has ad campaigns on Twitter is more embarrassing

Tobberone@lemm.ee · 3 pts · 1y

I was about to write that i agree, but then i read the article. The ads were targeting people to sway public opinion on chat control, the very purpose GDPR was built to control. I expected more from our politicians.

So, as embarrassing as twitter is, the intended purpose is worse.

I'm glad GDPR seems to work.