the original research from the Norwegian Consumer Countil: www.forbrukerradet.no/news-in-engl... (end)

This marks a significant victory for transatlantic consumers in our long-standing effort to hold tech companies accountable.

@tacd-consumers.bsky.social comment below:

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#deceptivedesign #darkpatterns 5/

Now this judgment needs to be codified into law in the upcoming digital fairness act in the EU + rulemaking in the FTC. 4/
digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/consultat...

⚠️ Every year consumers on both sides of the Atlantic fall pray to similar practices, losing money and giving away more personal data than they intend. 3/

👉 On 14.01.2021, consumer groups in Europe and the US filed coordinated complaints to the European Commission and the FTC against Amazon for making it significantly harder to cancel a subscription than to start one. 2/

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4. The Global Impact of Weak US Enforcement 🇺🇸🌍📉
Tech enforcement in the US is crumbling. Reports show regulators dropping cases. Meanwhile, companies flood the market with rights-infringing AI tools. Europe must hold the line.

www.citizen.org/article/dele...

3. Enforcement Delayed, Harm Accelerated ⏳🚫📉
Legal complaints and challenges take years. Companies like Snap and Meta exploit this delay to launch invasive features with impunity. Accountability is stalled. Harm isn’t.

2. Vulnerable Users, Deceptive Design 🧒📤🎭
Snapchat nudges teens to share publicly using social pressure and manipulative design. These users are especially vulnerable: dcp.utah.gov/2025/06/30/u...

Lurer du på hva Grindr-saken egentlig handler om, eller hvordan mye digital markedsføring bryter personvernet vårt, ta en titt på vår samleside:
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Vi i Forbrukerrådet er i retten alle tre dager og jeg har min frie vitneforklaring onsdag. 3/

➡️ Mer informasjon om saken her: www.domstol.no/no/nar-gar-r...

#personvern #gdpr #adtech #markedsføring

❗ Denne saken er viktig fordi vi ønsker at det settes en stopper for å dele folks sensitive personopplysninger ukontrollert med tusenvis av aktører, samt stramme inn forståelsen for hva som er regnes som et gyldig samtykke. 2/

👉 So, it should have been no surprise for security authorities that this is a digital vulnerability they should have planned for. It also show yet again, that we need to see commercial data use in relation with other issues, such as national security. 5&end/

Since then there has been a stream of revelations where these heatmaps are involved (among them the assassination of a Russian ex-navy commander in 2023 whose training routine was supposedly used to target him). 4/ edition.cnn.com/2023/07/11/e...

These maps were also given lots of attention when they revealed army bases in Iraq and Afghanistan in 2018. 3/ www.wired.com/story/strava...