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Jan Wildeboer @jwildeboer@social.wildeboer.net

The #W3C publishes ethical guidelines for the web [1] on the same day that #Mozilla decides to remove "Do Not Track" [2] from their #Firefox browser. Oh, the irony :)

[1] https://www.w3.org/TR/ethical-web-principles/
[2] https://www.theregister.com/2024/12/12/firefox_do_not_track/

www.w3.orgEthical Web PrinciplesThe web should be a platform that helps people and provides a positive social benefit. As we continue to evolve the web platform, we must therefore consider the consequences of our work. The following document sets out ethical principles that will drive W3C's continuing work in this direction.

Dec 13, 2024, 01:03 PM·

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**Jan Wildeboer** @jwildeboer · Dec 13, 2024 *

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Jan Wildeboer @jwildeboer

IMHO: The ethical guidelines that the W3C has published reads like a list of things they know are wrong but that they let happen anyway. The web won't be saved by nicely asking for stakeholders to please, please do a bit better. Again, IMHO.

**Johannes** @JmbFountain@mastodon.social · Dec 13, 2024

Dec 13, 2024

Johannes @JmbFountain@mastodon.social

@jwildeboer the sad thing is that iirc there was an actual court case in Germany about how "Do not Track" was actually a valid opt-out request according to gdpr.

**Harald Eilertsen** @harald@hub.volse.no · Dec 13, 2024

Dec 13, 2024

Harald Eilertsen @harald@hub.volse.no

@Johannes That's interesting! You don't happen to have more info about that, do you? I've been trying to argue the same towards the Norwegian DPA, but they never responded to me about it.