European Commission A lawsuit was filed against him for launching an “illegal” advertising campaign seeking support for his controversial regulatory proposal. sexual abuse of minors. This Thursday, defense organization privacy noyb made a presentation complaint accuses him of breaking the rules Data protection between European Union (EU).
The bill is one of the most controversial laws of recent years, not because of its purpose but because of its methods. And the community manager intends to request from suppliers. Internet -related to What’s up with tiktokpassing through services, cloudy– Monitoring all encrypted communications of European citizens. this system mass surveillance It sparked a wave of outrage in civil society, academia and some Member States.
As criticism threatened the proposal, the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Migration and Home Affairs responded by launching an advertising campaign. social network It was formerly known as Twitter to promote its vision. But as Dutch media Volkskrant revealed, a micro-segmentation technique was used to ensure that the propaganda message was seen by specific users in states that opposed this approach. Brussels Like Germany, Netherlands or Austria.
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This pressure maneuver “undermined the democratic procedures established between EU institutions and violated the general data protection regulation (GDPR),” the noyb case reads. Online advertising is not illegal in the EU, but it is illegal for ads to target users based on their political and religious views. This is what the Home Office would do for the Commission. #Qatargate, brexit, Marine Le Pen, Alternative für Deutschland, Vox campaign for people who are not interested in keywords like Christian, Christianophobia or Giorgia Meloni.
In his complaint, Noyb asks the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) to investigate a practice that the European Commission describes as a “serious threat to a fair and democratic electoral process” and recommends imposing fines. “The EU Commission has no legal basis to process sensitive data” targeted advertising “No one is above the law, and the EU Commission is no exception,” said Felix Mikolasch, a lawyer specializing in data protection at the NGO.
Worse, the old Twitter also prohibits segmenting and targeting ads based on users’ political and religious beliefs. Noyb is also considering filing another complaint against the platform, owned by businessman Elon Musk, for allowing the “illegal use of sensitive data for political microtargeting purposes.”