Jeff Chester
@chesterj1.bsky.social
Public interest advocate focused on digital media and online marketing accountability, inc. content diversity, ad practices, antitrust, privacy, journalism and consumer protection
AI browsers--commercial surveillance via GenAI. Regulators & advocates should address agentic AI search, data gathering, ad delivery & marketing systems that can threaten privacy, financial security, health & consumer protection.
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October 22, 2025 at 3:49 PM
AI browsers--commercial surveillance via GenAI. Regulators & advocates should address agentic AI search, data gathering, ad delivery & marketing systems that can threaten privacy, financial security, health & consumer protection.
bit.ly/3L0q9yV
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With US privacy, consumerprotection & antitrust agencies sidelined, Big Data+AI+commercial surveillance marketing giants combine forces. Global regulators/advocates take note: bit.ly/478nPNL
October 15, 2025 at 5:44 PM
With US privacy, consumerprotection & antitrust agencies sidelined, Big Data+AI+commercial surveillance marketing giants combine forces. Global regulators/advocates take note: bit.ly/478nPNL
Immersive marketing requires regulation, protections, especially. for fast-foods. Time for AI era consumer protection across platforms, inc. for youth. #PublicHealth
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August 12, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Immersive marketing requires regulation, protections, especially. for fast-foods. Time for AI era consumer protection across platforms, inc. for youth. #PublicHealth
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Well-connected and co-Pres. Musk expands Starlink global communications empire. www.cnn.com/2025/03/12/t...
March 13, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Well-connected and co-Pres. Musk expands Starlink global communications empire. www.cnn.com/2025/03/12/t...
This is a critical time for journalists--at the networks, dailies, wires--to stand up against new wave of McCarthyism. Ed Murrow, IF Stone & many others fought to preserve our freedoms--we should honor their legacy through speaking truth to power.
February 3, 2025 at 10:12 PM
This is a critical time for journalists--at the networks, dailies, wires--to stand up against new wave of McCarthyism. Ed Murrow, IF Stone & many others fought to preserve our freedoms--we should honor their legacy through speaking truth to power.
Instead of going after Big Bird, Finding Your Roots & Fresh Air, @BrendanCarrFCC should be focused on how the big TV network & video companies have placed a data "tax" on viewers, thru massive commercial surveillance tactics. He should be protecting the public.
February 3, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Instead of going after Big Bird, Finding Your Roots & Fresh Air, @BrendanCarrFCC should be focused on how the big TV network & video companies have placed a data "tax" on viewers, thru massive commercial surveillance tactics. He should be protecting the public.
Fast-food data surveillance & gamification tactics by McDonald's. Its "Pokémon Happy Meal" campaign rewards those "who order through the McDonald’s app [to] unlock an in-game bonus...help McDonald’s spur more app downloads and...collect valuable first-party data." #PublicHealth #privacy
January 23, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Fast-food data surveillance & gamification tactics by McDonald's. Its "Pokémon Happy Meal" campaign rewards those "who order through the McDonald’s app [to] unlock an in-game bonus...help McDonald’s spur more app downloads and...collect valuable first-party data." #PublicHealth #privacy
Zuckerberg's global data/digital marketing expansion plans a key reason why he's securing support from Trump Adm. But this colonizing of data deal requires scrutiny & action.
Meta plans to build a $10B subsea cable spanning the world
techcrunch.com/2024/11/29/m... via @techcrunch
Meta plans to build a $10B subsea cable spanning the world
techcrunch.com/2024/11/29/m... via @techcrunch
January 8, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Zuckerberg's global data/digital marketing expansion plans a key reason why he's securing support from Trump Adm. But this colonizing of data deal requires scrutiny & action.
Meta plans to build a $10B subsea cable spanning the world
techcrunch.com/2024/11/29/m... via @techcrunch
Meta plans to build a $10B subsea cable spanning the world
techcrunch.com/2024/11/29/m... via @techcrunch
Global data gathering via smart TV expanding, with $6b (US) in "programmatic" ad spending--showing why media/privacy/antitrust/public health regulators, inc. those concerns about youth, should investigate connected TV practices.
bit.ly/4i1vNN5
bit.ly/4i1vNN5
November 22, 2024 at 6:06 PM
Global data gathering via smart TV expanding, with $6b (US) in "programmatic" ad spending--showing why media/privacy/antitrust/public health regulators, inc. those concerns about youth, should investigate connected TV practices.
bit.ly/4i1vNN5
bit.ly/4i1vNN5
Your TV & your Identity data. One of the most important takeaways from our Connected TV report. Smart TVs & streaming devices capture our data so "Identity" based profiles can be harvested for tracking & marketing. Commercial surveillance unbound. bit.ly/4dHEOYh
October 21, 2024 at 5:51 PM
Your TV & your Identity data. One of the most important takeaways from our Connected TV report. Smart TVs & streaming devices capture our data so "Identity" based profiles can be harvested for tracking & marketing. Commercial surveillance unbound. bit.ly/4dHEOYh