Tag: instagram
  • Nov 2, 2023 |
  • Glyn Moody |
  • General Privacy News, Governments, Online Privacy, Social Media, Surveillance,

Meta Offers Ad-Free Subscriptions in EU, but Is Banned from Using Behavioral Advertising without Consent

One of the most important and longest-running privacy battles has been taking place over Meta’s use of behavioral ads on Facebook and Instagram. As we shared back in August, the end seems to be close for surveillance advertising in the EU, with Meta announcing that it will seek user consent for behavioral ads. A big … Continue reading “Meta Offers Ad-Free Subscriptions in EU, but Is Banned from Using Behavioral Advertising without Consent”

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  • Aug 4, 2023 |
  • Glyn Moody |
  • General Privacy News, Governments, Online Privacy, Social Media,

The Beginning of the End for Surveillance Advertising: Meta Will Seek User Consent for Behavioral Ads in Europe

In a surprise move, Meta has announced its intention to change the legal basis used to process certain data for behavioural advertising for people in the EU, EEA, and Switzerland from ‘Legitimate Interests’ to ‘Consent.’ This means that Meta users in these regions will be asked to choose whether or not they want to see … Continue reading “The Beginning of the End for Surveillance Advertising: Meta Will Seek User Consent for Behavioral Ads in Europe”

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How to Unblock Instagram at School

Schools use tough online firewalls, but you can still unblock Instagram there. I have 5 easy ways for you to scroll through your feed without an issue!

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Privacy News Online | Weekly Review: February 26, 2021

Featured: Privacy News Online – Week of February 26th, 2021 Clubhouse users are teaching each other how to stay private from Instagram Users on the audio only social media app have been sharing instructions on how to unlink the two apps so that Instagram doesn’t get any information about your Clubhouse usage. Some even think … Continue reading “Privacy News Online | Weekly Review: February 26, 2021”

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  • Feb 19, 2021 |
  • Caleb Chen |
  • Censorship, General Privacy News, Social Media,

Clubhouse users are teaching each other how to stay private from Instagram

One of the first things that you hear to do on Clubhouse is to add your Twitter and Instagram accounts to your Clubhouse profile for discoverability because otherwise there’s really no way to “DM” somebody. Recently though, in almost every room of a certain size, there’s an addendum to that advice. After putting your Instagram … Continue reading “Clubhouse users are teaching each other how to stay private from Instagram”

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Privacy News Online | Weekly Review: February 5, 2021

Featured: Privacy News Online – Week of February 5th, 2021 UK Police Chief falsely claims that end to end encrypted messaging “puts lives at risk” The Detective Chief Superintendent in charge of the Uinted Kingdom’s online anti terrorism unit doesn’t want Facebook to add end to end encryption to its Messenger app or Instagram. The … Continue reading “Privacy News Online | Weekly Review: February 5, 2021”

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  • Feb 1, 2021 |
  • Caleb Chen |
  • Encryption, General Privacy News, Governments, Social Media,

UK Police Chief falsely claims that end to end encrypted messaging “puts lives at risk”

The Metropolitan Police in the United Kingdom (UK) really really don’t want Facebook to bring end to end encryption to Facebook Messenger and Instagram. In fact, a police chief went so far as to say that offering end to end encryption would “’unequivocally put lives at risk.” The words were uttered by Detective Chief Superintendent … Continue reading “UK Police Chief falsely claims that end to end encrypted messaging “puts lives at risk””

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Privacy News Online | Weekly Review: January 1, 2021

Featured: Privacy News Online – Week of January 1st, 2021 ACLU sues to find out how the FBI is breaking into encrypted devices Court documents show that the Federal Bureau of Investigation has been regularly accessing locked, encrypted devices. However, despite the literal court evidence of the practice, the agency refuses to tell the public … Continue reading “Privacy News Online | Weekly Review: January 1, 2021”

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Privacy News Online | Weekly Review: October 2, 2020

Featured: Privacy News Online – Week of October 2nd, 2020 Russia wants to outlaw TLS 1.3, ESNI, DNS over HTTPS, and DNS over TLS A newly released draft law by the Russian Ministry of Digital Development, Communications, and Mass Media takes aim at popular encryption technologies that keep the internet secure and private. The law … Continue reading “Privacy News Online | Weekly Review: October 2, 2020”

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