Reinhold Kesler

@rkesler.com

Digitization, Assistant Professor of Economics @dice-hhu.bsky.social, https://reinholdkesler.github.io/

Reports are coming in about an apparent data breach of a large location seller [1]. Researchers like @fs0c131y.com had a look at a sample and extracted apps involved [2]. I looked into many of these apps on Google's Play Store and their privacy disclosures.

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Comeback on Bluesky with a podcast I took part in on Temu and how the EU may intervene under the Digital Services Act (DSA), highlighting that the moderation of illegal products on Temu has increased significantly since the investigation launched in October.

Düsseldorf Institute for Competition Economics (DICE)@dice.hhu.de · 2y ago

#Temu überrollt den Markt mit Niedrigpreisen. Verbraucherschützer vermuten dahinter betrügerische Tricks. Der #SWR-#Podcast #DasWissen sprach darüber mit @rkesler.com und welche Möglichkeiten die #EU hat, Verbraucher zu schützen. #DSA #Verbraucherschutz www.ardaudiothek.de/episode/das-...

EU's Digital Services Act (DSA) does not permit targeted advertising based on profiling toward children (<18y) and TikTok said it would restrict types of data used to show ads. Data from TikTok’s ad library suggests no change with the enactment in the share of ads targeted toward users aged 13-17.📉📈

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What’s happening on TikTok’s ad library? Almost all “top” ads first shown shortly after the official release do not display info on the size of targeted audience anymore. It seems like most of these ads do not use additional parameters (excluding gender/age) to target users, too. 📉📈

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