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A class action lawsuit was filed in California against Facebook owner Meta, the Dignity Health Medical Foundation and the UCSF Medical Center, alleging that they illegally collected sensitive healthcare data and used it for targeted ads.
According to the lawsuit, Meta and the hospitals did not inform patients about the data collection. The plaintiffs became aware of the data collection after seeing ads targeted for their specific medical condition on Facebook.
We obtained a copy of the lawsuit for you here . The data collection was enabled by Meta Pixel, a piece of code injected in many websites that enables data collection, visitor profiling, and targeted advertising. The lawsuit further claims that Meta Pixel is found in 33 websites of the top 100 hospitals in the country. In seven of the 33 websites, Meta Pixel runs in password-protected patient portals.
The plaintiffs note that their privacy was violated because they never agreed to the data collection. Meta’s own data privacy policy states that users of Meta Pixel need legal rights to collect, use, and share users’ data.
“Healthcare Defendants do not have the legal right to use or share Plaintiffs’ and Class members data, as this information is protected by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996’s (“HIPAA”) Privacy Rule, which protects all electronically protected health information a covered entity like Healthcare Defendants “create, receive, maintain, or transmit” in electronic form,” the lawsuit states.
The lawsuit provided examples of patients receiving targeted ads on Facebook and via email. Some of these ads promoted medical services that are not supported by science.
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Will America-First News Outlets Make it to 2023?
Things are looking grim for conservative and populist news sites.
There’s something happening behind the scenes at several popular conservative news outlets. 2021 was bad, but 2022 is proving to be disastrous for news sites that aren’t “playing ball” with the corporate media narrative. It’s being said that advertisers are cracking down, forcing some of the biggest ad networks like Google and Yahoo to pull their inventory from conservative outlets. This has had two major effects. First, it has cooled most conservative outlets from discussing “taboo” topics like Pandemic Panic Theater, voter fraud, or The Great Reset. Second, it has isolated those ad networks that aren’t playing ball.
Certain topics are anathema for most ad networks. Speaking out against vaccines or vaccine mandates is a certain path to being demonetized. Highlighting voter fraud in the 2020 and future elections is another instant advertising death penalty. Throw in truthful stories about climate change hysteria, Critical Race Theory, and the border crisis and it’s easy to understand how difficult it is for America-First news outlets to spread the facts, share conservative opinions, and still pay the bills.
Without naming names, I have been told of several news outlets who have been forced to either consolidate with larger organizations or who have backed down on covering certain topics out of fear of being “canceled” by the ad networks. I get it. This is a business for many of us and it’s not very profitable. Those of us who do this for a living are often barely squeaking by, so loss of additional revenue can often mean being forced to make cuts. That means not being able to cover the topics properly. Its a Catch-22: Tell the truth and lose the money necessary to keep telling the truth, or avoid the truth and make enough money to survive. Those who have chosen survival simply aren’t able to spread the truth properly.
We will never avoid the truth. The Lord will provide if it is His will. Our job is simply to share the facts, spread the Gospel, and educate as many Americans as possible while exposing the forces of evil.
To those who have the means, we ask that you please donate. We have options available now, but there is no telling when those options will cancel us. We have our GivingFuel page. There have been many who have been canceled by PayPal, but for now it’s still an option. Your generosity is what keeps these sites running and allows us to get the truth to the masses. We’ve had great success in growing but we know we can do more with your assistance.
Thank you, and God Bless!
JD Rucker
