Facebook’s tracking of non-users ruled illegal again in Europe

Re:Facebook’s tracking of non-users ruled illegal again in E... by rb666 on Monday March 05, 2018 @01:39AM (#16519197)

You add in the word "foreign" for no apparent reason. What makes you think the EU is targeting FB for being American? I see no proof of this. Size, sure, but the EU also has many regulations for the internal market. For example, we actually have net neutrality, and there's now regulations to limit roaming charges.

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Re:Facebook’s tracking of non-users ruled illegal again in E... by seanmcdirmid on Monday March 05, 2018 @01:42AM (#16519206)

The argument they’ve made is that they are targeting FB and not their competitors. If true, it has many possible abusive implications, one of the common ones being protectionism. It might not be that, but it is a huge red flag that it could be that.

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Re:Facebook’s tracking of non-users ruled illegal again in E... by anigbrowl on Monday March 05, 2018 @02:06AM (#16519307)

It's easy to level accusations and then back off justifying by saying it's just a possibility.

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Re:Facebook’s tracking of non-users ruled illegal again in E... by seanmcdirmid on Monday March 05, 2018 @07:20AM (#16520512)

I did not edit my original comments where I clearly said “leads to”. If you think that meant an accusation, then that’s your right of course, but it isn’t correct to then say I was using similar language to back out of it.

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Re:Facebook’s tracking of non-users ruled illegal again in E... by michaelmrose on Monday March 05, 2018 @03:33AM (#16519622)

If you are going to accuse you ought probably be able to back up the argument or don't bother to waste other readers time.

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