Today I filed a formal complaint against #YouTube with the Irish Data Protection Commissioner for their illegal deployment of #adblock detection technologies.
Under Article 5(3) of 2002/58/EC YouTube are legally obligated to obtain consent before storing or accessing information already stored on an end user's terminal equipment unless it is strictly necessary for the provisions of the requested service.
In 2016 the EU Commission confirmed in writing that adblock detection requires consent.
Tictok? Instagram? You are not wrong about that in the long form VOD space but lots of creators come over from tictok after establishing a following because YouTube pays out a lot better.
Tictok? Instagram? You are not wrong about that in the long form VOD space but lots of creators come over from tictok after establishing a following because YouTube pays out a lot better.