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Re:Facebook to change user terms, limiting effect of EU priv... by hartator on Thursday April 19, 2018 @08:25AM (#16875257)
Yes. Like I can’t retroactively ask you to remove what I said from your blog post.
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Re:Facebook to change user terms, limiting effect of EU priv... by the_mitsuhiko on Thursday April 19, 2018 @09:05AM (#16875543)
> Yes. Like I can’t retroactively ask you to remove what I said from your blog post.

No. But I can ask you to remove my name and personal information from it.

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Re:Facebook to change user terms, limiting effect of EU priv... by morgante on Thursday April 19, 2018 @10:38AM (#16876243)
That's precisely the problem and is a clear example of how Europeans value privacy differently.

Personally, I think it is a fundamentally important right that I be able to post a blog about how "the_mitsuhiko wronged me" in some way and have that information publicly accessible. European courts think you should be able to suppress such information—even if it is true.

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Re:Facebook to change user terms, limiting effect of EU priv... by s73v3r_ on Thursday April 19, 2018 @01:01PM (#16877607)
That's.. that's not at all true. If it's a news story, then the GDPR isn't applicable.
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Re:Facebook to change user terms, limiting effect of EU priv... by Arwill on Thursday April 19, 2018 @09:22AM (#16875668)
Isn't it like more that the state itself can't ask/force you to remove something, but i as a natural person can?
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