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Rose Strain's avatar

Addendum: refrain from visiting web pages that support GOP. Advertisers monitor the clicks . I boycott all MSM NOW. BUT…I question how anyone knows what radio or TV you may boycott. As far as I know, there is not metering process, only user surveys? True???

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Janet  Woodworth's avatar

Automatic Content Recognition (ACR) is a technology that identifies content playing on media devices, such as smart TVs and mobile devices. ACR works by analyzing the digital patterns and distinctive characteristics of audio, video, or images. It then compares this content to a repository of recognized media files or signatures.

ACR is used for a variety of applications, including: Content customization, Synchronization, Intellectual property protection, and Collecting user media consumption habits.

ACR is important for advertisers and content creators because it allows them to gather critical information about users' media consumption habits. This data is gathered automatically without any user-based opt-in or input, which offers greater depth and accuracy than user-offered data

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Sharon C Storm's avatar

Thanks for the information, I’m 84, and have very little understanding of the way technology works. Your explanation makes sense to me, and I will leave my smart tv off for that entire 24 hours.

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Annie D Stratton's avatar

That is status quo for me, Rose! But it might be fun for a lot of people to go onto a site all at once to crash the site. That's not a tactic for now, but something to keep in mind to protest egregious corporate support. It would take a lot of organizing, perhaps through one or more of the sites we frequent. Works better than boycott, which is absence. Easy to overlook absence. Not so easy to overlook an overloaded system.

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