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Supreme Court To Decide How 1988 Videotape Privacy Law Applies To Online Video (arstechnica.com)
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[–] dan@upvote.au 4 points 51 minutes ago* (last edited 51 minutes ago)

Interesting case. If the plaintiff wins, I suspect this will mean that sites with videos won't be able to use third-party analytics scripts (not just Meta pixel, but also things like Google Analytics), which would be a pretty large change for the industry.

I'd love to see first-party tracking become more popular again. I self-host Plausible for my sites, but I've considered switching to Swetrix.

[–] dance_ninja@lemmy.world 12 points 1 hour ago

The Supreme Court is taking up a case on whether Paramount violated the 1988 Video Privacy Protection Act (VPPA) by disclosing a user’s viewing history to Facebook. The case, Michael Salazar v. Paramount Global, hinges on the law’s definition of the word “consumer.”

[–] Savaran@lemmy.world 19 points 1 hour ago

Well, in the least consumer friendly fashion given this court.

[–] rmt_online@sh.itjust.works 14 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Depending on how they rule, this could set us back about a couple of decades!!! :-(

[–] 69420@lemmy.world 2 points 26 minutes ago