Thread regarding Publicis layoffs

Admittedly, much of this post can be considered accurate based off how the Ad-tech industry has operated in the past. However, new regulation and a focus on ethics is reshaping how ad-tech operates.

As someone that works internally at Publicis, I can tell you that we have made a lot of progress in enhancing our products, services and processes to be consumer privacy friendly. We still have more work to do, but we have made significant progress.

@wtt+1nmmkJWk I like your idea of reaching out to politicians across the aisle.
The older entrenched ones will not help.

The parent company owns a bunch of data brokers who are enabling them.
Watch this Jon Oliver episode - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqn3gR1WTcA
This should be an eye opener for everyone from all political persuasions.

I worked briefly here and left the moment I realized what's going on.
I actually raised the question in a townhall if they are tracking consumer identity against ip usage etc - and I was told no. But in the same presentation they actually described how they connect the dots between different usages and identities and build it up into one identity.
When I pushed further with old timer colleagues they became defensive, and some indicated I should just shut up.
I didn't wait too long after that.
It's a criminal company.

There is nothing we can do about it ?

Most politicians, whether they are republicans or democrats, won't do anything. Because every one is mining our data to target us in some way. The fact that brick-n-mortar shops, online commerce, online media, credit card companies are all in cahoots is scary and something everyone should be concerned about. The first step would be to break the linkage between all these seemingly disparate sources which the lay consumer isn't aware of.

Any ideas how to start an investigation?

Talk to SEC? AOC? MJT? Maga? - this affects everyone, so it should be ok to bring them together.