EU restricts Meta on ad targeting + why Meta/Ray-Bans are scary - CDP Institute

Double Meta trouble. First, an EU court backed Max Schrems’ complaint accusing it of violating privacy regarding sexual orientation, so now the company must restrict data it uses for targeted ads in the EU. Secondly, two Harvard students revealed Meta’s Ray Ban smart glasses can, in combination with facial image search technology, be used to identify people on sight, potentially for doxing or for scamming.

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The Tennessee state government couldn’t address gun violence, but did find time to limit adolescents’ access to social media. Their new law, passed last May, prohibits social media companies from allowing under-18 users to create accounts without parental consent and requires them to verify all users’ ages. Tech industry group NetChoice has sued to block the law in federal court, largely on First Amendment grounds.

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In what may become a telecom industry model, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has settled a cybersecurity breach case with T-Mobile agreeing the company will pay a $15.75 million civil settlement and invest $15.75 million more in increased cybersecurity. This resolves T-Mobile breach cases from 2021, 2022 and 2023 and will require it to add zero-trust architecture and multi-factor identification to its networks.

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They didn’t call it a CDP, but Meta just launched a product to “connect your first-party data from any sources to any destination, streamlining your data handling processes and unlocking valuable insights to optimize your marketing campaigns.” The name of this miracle cure is Signals Gateway, and pricing seems to start at $30 per month. Data is hosted in Amazon Web Services and, at least in theory, Meta can’t see it.

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