I have no idea what Gibmedia's ads are like, but I'll point out that ad blockers can also be arbitrary and unaccountable. Interfering with Google's ability to get rid of scummy advertisers seems...
I have no idea what Gibmedia's ads are like, but I'll point out that ad blockers can also be arbitrary and unaccountable. Interfering with Google's ability to get rid of scummy advertisers seems like a bad thing? Users might just move to software that's even less fair to advertisers.
Good on them for even attempting to make big tech accountable while the US is in a Republican, mostly internet-agnostic and corporate lull. (well, except with article 13 I guess.) But in a more...
Good on them for even attempting to make big tech accountable while the US is in a Republican, mostly internet-agnostic and corporate lull. (well, except with article 13 I guess.)
But in a more serious note, the EU is the only 'body' even trying to regulate big tech, despite the fact that big tech (every large online service, including social media, IoT, search engines, movie platforms for lack of a better term.) is spread on effectively every continent to varying degrees with the debatable exception of some places in Africa. The EU standing up to big tech (again, except for article 13.) Is nice, but nowhere near enough to properly regulate big tech so it's a force for good, where, in all other continents, they set the rules.
(Although, admittedly pretty obviously by now, many governments would gladly do this to censor their political opponents and dissidents in general, so in the end it might not get any better than this.)
I have no idea what Gibmedia's ads are like, but I'll point out that ad blockers can also be arbitrary and unaccountable. Interfering with Google's ability to get rid of scummy advertisers seems like a bad thing? Users might just move to software that's even less fair to advertisers.
Good on them for even attempting to make big tech accountable while the US is in a Republican, mostly internet-agnostic and corporate lull. (well, except with article 13 I guess.)
But in a more serious note, the EU is the only 'body' even trying to regulate big tech, despite the fact that big tech (every large online service, including social media, IoT, search engines, movie platforms for lack of a better term.) is spread on effectively every continent to varying degrees with the debatable exception of some places in Africa. The EU standing up to big tech (again, except for article 13.) Is nice, but nowhere near enough to properly regulate big tech so it's a force for good, where, in all other continents, they set the rules.
(Although, admittedly pretty obviously by now, many governments would gladly do this to censor their political opponents and dissidents in general, so in the end it might not get any better than this.)