Comment on Youtube's Anti-adblock is illegal in the EU
Puzzle_Sluts_4Ever@lemmy.world 1 year agoDo you have a link to the EU requiring consent to detect ad blocking?
Most of what I can find is from the late 2010s but specifically says that consent is not required for adblock detection. adguard.com/…/eu-defines-its-stance-on-ad-blocker…
iabeurope.eu/…/20160516-IABEU_Guidance_AdBlockerD…
But also: I assume consent can be obtained with a mandatory TOS update.
icydefiance@lemm.ee 1 year ago
Blargerer is probably saying that because the Mastodon post OP linked to says “In 2016 the EU Commission confirmed in writing that adblock detection requires consent.”
That, in turn, is probably referring to a letter received from the European Commission by the same person, which you can see here: twitter.com/alexanderhanff/…/722861362607747072
It’s not exactly a “ruling”, but it’s still pretty convincing.