<story><title>EU data regulator bans personalised advertising on Facebook and Instagram</title><url>https://www.reuters.com/technology/facebook-owner-faces-eu-ban-targeted-advertising-norway-says-2023-11-01/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>arbuge</author><text>I might be in the minority here but I personally find personalized ads useful, and am far more annoyed by ads recommending products and services completely irrelevant to my interests and&amp;#x2F;or needs.&lt;p&gt;(The latter still account for the ads I see most of the time, unfortunately.)</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>Fice</author><text>Advertising does not simply suggest you something that you might need, it often tries to manipulate you into needing something, and with the amounts of personal data being collected and advancements in machine learning this manipulation becomes dangerously effective.</text></comment>
<story><title>EU data regulator bans personalised advertising on Facebook and Instagram</title><url>https://www.reuters.com/technology/facebook-owner-faces-eu-ban-targeted-advertising-norway-says-2023-11-01/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>arbuge</author><text>I might be in the minority here but I personally find personalized ads useful, and am far more annoyed by ads recommending products and services completely irrelevant to my interests and&amp;#x2F;or needs.&lt;p&gt;(The latter still account for the ads I see most of the time, unfortunately.)</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>imafish</author><text>Sure. As long as I don’t have to deliver (all) my private data to get those relevant ads.</text></comment>