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c/europe · by CAVOK@lemmy.world · 75d

EU Council drops cookie signal after Google lobbying - EUR 40-50 bn at stake

https://ppc.land/eu-council-drops-cookie-signal-after-google-lobbying-eur-40-50-bn-at-stake/

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copacetic@discuss.tchncs.de · 36 pts · 75d (1 reply)

Puh, this took me a while to understand, so I'll try to summarize:

  1. Big Tech likes to use cookie banners to annoy people to consent to tracking
  2. EU proposals says they must accept a machine-readable opt-out as well
  3. Google lobbies via countries to remove that part from the proposal
  4. It's up to the EU parliament now
subarctictundra@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 71d

That's a shame; this would have made browsing the web so much nicer.

Also, Even if the EP does manage to force it to be kept in, it's disconcerting that the EC is so susceptible to being lobbied in the first place (just like was the case with Stop Killing Games). That should be the main story here, and the main thing Parliament focuses on before it gets taken over by big money as well.

regdog@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 75d

Ugh, advertisement.