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Political Microtargeting by EU Commission illegal

Political Opinions Advertising Practices and Requirements under DSA Social Media Marketing Encryption
Dec 13, 2024 Source noyb.eu

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Political Microtargeting, Manipulation & Tracking noyb win against the European Commission: The EDPS (European Data Protection Supervisor) has issued a decision finding that the European Commission has illegally targeted advertising at citizens using "sensitive" personal data on their political views. Decision by the EDPSComplaint filed with the EDPS in 2023Related noyb complaints in Germany ("Target Leaks")EU Commission tried to influence political views in the Netherlands. In the contentious fight over the heavily criticised chat control regulation (a proposed EU law that could undermine all encrypted online communication to allow authorities to read online chats), the European Commission has identified the Netherlands as a Member State that they wanted to politically influence. In an attempt to "flip" the views in the Netherlands, the Commission went to X/Twitter and made posts indirectly promoting this regulation.Political Targeting on X/Twitter. However, the European Commission di

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