Please sign this petition to get this topic discussed by the UK government.
Come on, ban ALL data collection for ads. This will be good for privacy, and for the environment. The internet will save enormous amounts on power and hardware.
Damn, I hadn’t even thought about the environment impact! Is there any research quantifying that?
There is, even though they are estimates. https://www.newscientist.com/article/2347683-online-adverts-estimated-to-use-as-much-energy-as-a-small-country/
This would be a great thing to happen; under a Starmer gov’t (and any inbound Reform administration) it is not gonna.
Also petition.parliament.uk is a tool created by Westminister to divert energy from real action to signing a petition. If you wanna get involved with doing something like this then look to and support Open Rights Group, Big Brother Watch, Privacy International etc.
I do support them already 😊
But you’re right about this government - they just got exposed for being corrupt with big tech https://archive.is/DlUeE
Brexit left us keeping all the braindead legislature like the fucking paper straws and bottle caps whilst moving towards scrapping the sensible ones like GDPR.
Fucking knobs in govt. since David Cameron payed any attention to Enoch Powell’s reincarnation the fascist racist american bootlicking dickhead Farage.
Thank you! The Vivaldi team are great 😁