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YouTube’s ad blocking crackdown is facing a new challenge: privacy laws | Privacy advocates argue YouTube’s ad blocker restrictions violate the European Union’s online privacy laws.::YouTube is launching a “global effort” to crack down on ad blockers, but some privacy advocates in the European Union argue that it’s illegal.

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[–] jmd_akbar@aussie.zone 49 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Looks like a good time to move to the EU... 😬

[–] Caradoc879@lemmy.world 21 points 2 years ago (2 children)

They're also leading the race to making encryption illegal, so...

[–] TheEighthDoctor@lemmy.world 23 points 2 years ago (2 children)

That's dumb and will never happen

[–] Valmond@lemmy.mindoki.com 12 points 2 years ago

Yeah I hope so it would be so idiotic to try.

[–] Caradoc879@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

I mean... they literally try to fuck up the internet every few years. Eventually they'll get someth8ng through.

[–] MonkderZweite@feddit.ch 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] Womble@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Are you sure about that? The UK is doing dumb stuff no doubt, but its mostly sound and fury of a dying government with no chance of actually being implemented.