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Privacy professionals
fromThe Cool Down
18 hours ago

Homeowner baffled after discovering HOA installed inexplicable device: 'I wasn't consulted on this'

An HOA installed more-than-six-foot digital advertising billboards with cameras in a building lobby, charging residents for costs while a third party keeps ad revenue.
US news
fromnj
6 days ago

N.J. company sues borough for denying proposed 60-foot-high billboard

IAAT Services seeks court reversal of Raritan Borough Planning Board's denial of a 62-foot digital billboard on Route 202.
fromSFGATE
2 months ago

The Bay Area woman who paid for 12 billboards to find a husband

"I wanted a visual of it," she says, speaking from her bedroom in San Mateo. "Because it's hard to grasp how much there actually is when it's just digital."
California
fromThe Cool Down
2 months ago

Residents shares photo after spotting concerning scene on side of building: 'Whatever it is, I hate it'

Their question has reignited a larger conversation about "ad creep," which is the steady infiltration of advertising into every corner of public life. With this phenomenon heightened by new forms of media, seldom can a resident now go a day without seeing advertisements compelling them to consume. As advertisements have grown, endless consumption that boosts pollution has come with them, according to Earth.org.
Environment
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US politics
fromLos Angeles Times
4 months ago

The cost of expanding L.A.'s Convention Center keeps growing. Can the city afford it?

Los Angeles Convention Center expansion costs reached $2.7 billion, risking Olympic readiness and requiring heavy reliance on controversial digital billboards or large annual general-fund contributions.
fromThe Cool Down
5 months ago

Driver shares photo of distracting sighting on local road: 'It makes it nearly impossible to see the road around you'

Light pollution, energy use, and street safety are just the surface-level problems. These trucks are part of a bigger system - one that tells us to always want more, even when our planet can't keep up.
Digital life
US politics
fromMiami Herald
6 months ago

Highway ads against 'Alligator Alcatraz' went dark for a day. Who is to blame?

Digital billboards opposing Florida's 'Alligator Alcatraz' were removed then reinstated amid a disputed complaint from a state official.
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