Re:StreetLend.com shuts down, citing GDPR regulations
by tomxor on Monday April 30, 2018 @07:24AM
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> [...] You are not creating neutral things in a vacuum; there is no neutral ground in a burning world[1]. That "small thing on the internet" might be reuniting families that were separated by work or politics, or it might be undermining the support structures of an entire industry or community [...]
Your points are well argued - especially regarding the ethical and social implications of what we create, and I agree with them, however we have differing definitions of "small" in this context.
Your arguments apply to things that are maturing and are reasonably big already, but big things have small beginnings... and the internet/web is a fantastic place for nurturing those very very small ideas for basically free, this law appears to threaten those small ideas.
Your points are well argued - especially regarding the ethical and social implications of what we create, and I agree with them, however we have differing definitions of "small" in this context.
Your arguments apply to things that are maturing and are reasonably big already, but big things have small beginnings... and the internet/web is a fantastic place for nurturing those very very small ideas for basically free, this law appears to threaten those small ideas.