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Re:Facebook urged to make GDPR its “baseline standard” globally by taylorswift_ on Monday April 09, 2018 @11:32AM (#16793874)
can social media kill you though? I mean all this talk of regulating social networks is under the assumption that it's something you need to have. I would argue that safe shelter is a true human need, but posting cat gifs or pictures of drunken escapades or political musings does not seem equally comparable and thus I do not see how regulation does anything other than hamper competition.
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Re:Facebook urged to make GDPR its “baseline standard” globally by decebalus1 on Monday April 09, 2018 @12:37PM (#16794562)
> can social media kill you though?

Yeah, it can and it did. Not only did the Ashley Madison leak led to a few deaths, check out what happens in countries where homosexuality is punished by death when private information goes public...

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Re:Facebook urged to make GDPR its “baseline standard” globally by wtfstatists on Monday April 09, 2018 @12:59PM (#16794770)
The States killed those people not Ashley-Madison.
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Re:Facebook urged to make GDPR its “baseline standard” globally by lmkg on Monday April 09, 2018 @01:37PM (#16795107)
It can be both. Responsibility is not a conserved quantity. Entities who take on private data should be considering the effects of that data becoming released, including what others may use it for.
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Re:Facebook urged to make GDPR its “baseline standard” globally by ryandrake on Monday April 09, 2018 @11:47AM (#16794012)
“It could kill” is a pretty high bar for accepting that something needs to be regulated. We accept regulations on other data collection / storage activities, like financial data and health data. We also have licensure for occupations where public safety or wellbeing is a concern but lives are not necessarily on the line.
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Re:Facebook urged to make GDPR its “baseline standard” globally by mannschott on Monday April 09, 2018 @11:43AM (#16793975)
> can social media kill you though?

I assume you're aware of this: https://techcrunch.com/2018/03/13/un-says-facebook-is-accele...

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Re:Facebook urged to make GDPR its “baseline standard” globally by taylorswift_ on Monday April 09, 2018 @11:50AM (#16794039)
I don't think it's an equal comparison... the effects of social media on societies is a somewhat subjective matter. It's more likely that social media is just another tool that exposes the underlying human nature.

That said, if a fire occurs in my shelter and I don't have sprinklers installed, I could die.

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