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The EU's war on behavioral advertising

by Viggy Balagopalakrishnan thisisunpacked.substack.com published 2023-08-25

Meta recently conceded that in-app behavioral advertising in the EU can no longer be opt-in by default, marking the end of an era. The regulators won, at least for now.

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