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Pre-IPO Reddit lets ads be dressed up as promoted user posts
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Another reason I really look forward for them being sued in Europe - This is a highly illegal practice in the EU and has already brought sizeable penalties for various other media outlets, both conventional and online.
And weeks ago the Dutch and German consumer protection agencies as well as the GDPR ombudsman already commented that they are looking into Reddit (Reddit has it's European office in Amsterdam).
That will be fun.
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I wonder if an email to european consumer protection would help speed things along