Post by @VoltEuropa@mstdn.social

@VoltEuropa Hi, it would be cool if clicking that link would not load resources from amazonaws.com (one of them clearly hosted in the US according to the subdomain). Thank you! 💜

@josch Thank you for your feedback. We'll pass it on to the team.

@VoltEuropa@mstdn.social @josch@floss.social
I second that: isn't there a European platform that doesn't rely on ASW resources?
I bet there is ... 🤔

@VoltEuropa
I totally agree, although I have my own way of dealing with he mess - self-cleaning browser profiles. Cookie no stickee, at least 😆

@VoltEuropa well unless there is a blanket ban on cookies we are stuck with it because it’s the only way of protecting ourselves

@peterbrown cookies are quite useful for many things, so probably not a good idea. @VoltEuropa

@lettosprey @peterbrown This is not about banning cookies.

@VoltEuropa add #dontAllowAlways in the Post please.
It's Custom and only for this Petition at the Moment.

@VoltEuropa
Signed

@VoltEuropa well, just stop tracking and you need no banner. I do not see any problem?!

@xris In an ideal world, yes! But commercial ad-tech won't give up tracking voluntarily. Instead, they use banner fatigue and dark patterns to wear people down until they click "Accept All."

This campaign pushes for browser-level privacy signals (set your preference once in your browser, enforced legally everywhere). Privacy becomes the default, dark patterns fail, and banners disappear for good.

@VoltEuropa #Cookies have got even worse. If you choose decline they still seem to think they have the right to install what they call “legitimate” cookies. So what the hell were illegitimate cookies doing there in the first place?

@VoltEuropa Do you have something that contrasts this with the (failed) efforts under https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Do_Not_Track ?

@nikclayton Great question! The key difference is legal enforcement: DNT was just a voluntary request that ad networks simply chose to ignore.

We're taking the original spirit of DNT and using modern technical signals (like GPC), but instead of politely asking sites to behave, we're pushing to cement those signals into law so websites are legally forced to obey them.

@VoltEuropa How does this prevent popups?

As a concrete example, right now, if I go to a page like https://www.theguardian.com/europe I get a popup that says I can either accept cookies, or subscribe.

Under this proposal, what prevents the site from showing a popup that says I either have to disable GPC or subscribe?

I have other questions, but they're probably better answered by reading the legislation. The petition page doesn't link to it, please can you do so here.

@nikclayton

Under Article 88b, standard websites **must** automatically respect your browser's "no-tracking" signal (like GPC). They cannot show a popup asking you to disable GPC or change your settings.

As per the EC's current draft, news outlets received a specific exemption following heavy industry lobbying around digital ad revenue. They could still ask you to subscribe or accept tracking on-site. However, amendments are currently pending in the EU Parliament to strip out this loophole.

@nikclayton You can read the official draft proposal amending the GDPR (specifically proposed Articles 88a & 88b under the EU Digital Omnibus framework) on the EUR-Lex database:
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:52025PC0837