YouTube, Facebook parent Meta face criminal complaint in Ireland, here’s why

YouTube's crackdown on ad blockers has reportedly led to an increase in the use of more sophisticated ad blockers, indicating that Google's plan may have backfired. Additionally, both YouTube and Meta are facing a criminal complaint for data collection without consent. The privacy consultant behind the complaint considers YouTube's ad-blocking system to be spyware and accuses Meta of illegally intercepting data transmission.

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