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NEW: Twitter has a plan to force you to opt in to personalized ads to continue using this app.

and me in

: platformer.news/p/twitters-ris

And it’s not just personalized ads that Twitter plans to require. The company is also considering forcing users to share their location, let Twitter share their data with its business partners, and use contact data phone numbers used in two-factor authentication for ad targeting purposes. (In May, Twitter paid a $150 million fine for doing this without obtaining users consent.)

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wouldn’t this go against apple’s new opt-out privacy setting?

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Oh good lord. Great reporting; terrible policy.

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Claire Connelly

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Assuming this might be problematic in Australia too?

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Oh HELL no.

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Are you guys hanging out in the Twitter HQ break room? Quite the impressive tear of insider scoops. This one, if executed, will be the end of the road for many tweeters, I’d think.

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@IsDrainBamaged

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Pure speculation.

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You probably bought a lot of FTX.

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This happens and I am out. It's gonna be click, click, click, click. But not for me. It's bad enough everywhere. We are a commodity passed around to the highest bidder.

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"force" you to "opt" in is an oxymoronic statement.

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Anonomized user data including location is a part of the app marketplace. Apple and Android make this available for all app developers to create amazing user experiences. Not the same as personal jet or car location tracking. But you know that. #gaslighting