Nearly 20 US state-run health insurance exchanges include ad trackers that send user data like race and citizenship info to Meta, TikTok, Google, and others
Bloomberg
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Discussion
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@dmehro
Dhruv Mehrotra
on bluesky
An interesting finding here is that TikTok's “sensitive data” filter for state health sites is a bizarre keyword list with terms like MAGA, antifa, Teamsters, bhagavad, mulatto, queer, and nationalist. — If your answer isn't on the list, it could still get sent — w/ @suryamat…
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@zackwhittaker.com
Zack Whittaker
on bluesky
Excellent reporting, alarming findings. Bloomberg's @dmehro.bsky.social et al found U.S. state government health websites are sharing people's personal info (sex, citizenship & race data) with tech giants via pixel-sized webpage trackers. Several states pulled the trackers afte…
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@zackwhittaker@mastodon.social
Zack Whittaker
on mastodon
Excellent reporting, alarming findings. Bloomberg's @dmehro et al found U.S. state government health websites are sharing people's personal info (sex, citizenship & race data) with tech giants via pixel-sized webpage trackers. Several states pulled the trackers after Bloomberg …