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   Danny Mekić (dannymekic@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 09-Nov-2023 07:01:43 JST Danny Mekić

   Dishonest 'choice' by Facebook to force users to choose between free use (with a privacy invasion) or pay for privacy.

   Why untruthful? First, Facebook says that that I am now using Facebook for free with 'personalized' ads, but that is not true.

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     Danny Mekić (dannymekic@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 09-Nov-2023 07:02:36 JST Danny Mekić

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     Fortunately, I was able to take a screenshot last week, because Facebook no longer lets you go to your account settings or even your profile at all before you make a 'choice'.

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     Danny Mekić (dannymekic@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 09-Nov-2023 07:04:32 JST Danny Mekić

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     The second lie consists of Facebook pretending that a law has changed ("Laws are changing") so that people now have to choose to pay or give permission to use personal data. However, no law has changed: this was always the law.

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     Danny Mekić (dannymekic@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 09-Nov-2023 07:04:38 JST Danny Mekić

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     As a result, I am now unannouncedly locked out of my Facebook account until I make a 'choice' (pay for privacy or now agree to targeted ads, whereas before I did not see any targeted ads).

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     Danny Mekić (dannymekic@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 09-Nov-2023 07:05:47 JST Danny Mekić

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     In my opinion, this violates not only the GDPR (no free choice), but also consumer law: the service must comply with the agreement, and by blocking access overnight, the service no longer complies with the agreement.

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     Ian Campbell (neurovagrant@masto.deoan.org)'s status on Thursday, 09-Nov-2023 07:06:49 JST Ian Campbell

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     • Aral Balkan

     @DannyMekic @aral In case no one's pointed it out: you're not paying for privacy here, just paying to not see ads.

     Note the wording "Your info won't be used for ads." Not "we will not collect your info."