YouTube Ads May Have Led to Online Tracking of Children, Research Says - YouTube’s advertising practices on kids’ channels could have resulted in companies tracki... - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/17/technology/youtube-google-children-privacy.html #childrensonlineprivacyprotectionact #onlineadvertising #childrensprivacy #adalytics #youtube #privacy #google #coppa

Interesting post by #Adalytics making the rounds: “Which websites are sharing data about consumers with Elon Musk’s Twitter?” (h/t @Bongolian): https://adalytics.io/blog/websites-sharing-data-with-twitter

Quick 🧵 to share thoughts, as a social media & tech startup lawyer responsible for such things at large sites in the past (not #Twitter). TL;DR: While alarming, esp. given Musk’s untrustworthiness, there are serious barriers to e.g. #Saudi or #Qatar gov vacuuming up user data in exchange for their investments. 1/x