Fun drinking game for the next 9-12 months: take a shot every time a news article uses the phrase "Section 230" or "chilling effect on free speech" -- that way you'll be in the hospital with liver poisoning instead of having to keep up with all the TikTok news and court challenges
Android Authority details all the ways Android, Search and Chrome have changed for people living in the EU as tech companies prepare for Europe's Digital Markets Act this week. https://flip.it/cOlyHr
"But Meta’s version of consent offers users a Hobson’s choice — of paying at least €9.99/month for an ad-free subscription (per each account they have on Facebook and Instagram); or agreeing to its tracking.
No other choices are available, despite the GDPR stipulating that for consent to be a valid legal basis for processing people’s information it must be freely given."
The European Commission has named Google Search, WhatsApp, TikTok and 22 other tech services as "gatekeepers" that must comply with new rules set out by the Digital Markets Act within the next six months. The Verge has more.