Facebook now denying access unless EU users opt-in to tracking

Re:Facebook now denying access unless EU users opt-in to tra... by simonbarker87 on Wednesday May 09, 2018 @12:12PM (#17030990)

Voting to leave doesn’t automatically mean one has to dislike all laws from the EU. It’s ok to want to leave the EU whilst also liking some aspects of what it brings us. As a person who voted remain this has been one of the most frustrating things about the whole Brexit situation, it’s like it has to be a binary status: one either loves the EU and everything about it or you hate the EU and membership brings no benefits at all.

I don’t think it’s ironic that you like this law, I think it’s understandable that you would if you have privacy concerns and, given T. May’s choices over the years, you were unlikely to get it without membership to the EU.

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Re:Facebook now denying access unless EU users opt-in to tra... by mrec on Wednesday May 09, 2018 @12:28PM (#17031178)

I couldn't agree more; I too get frustated by the degeneration of most public debate. Personally I was very much on the fence, leaning net Leave on the meta level (major constitutional change should not happen without a popular mandate) but net Remain on the object level (especially on things like digital rights, where the UK has a long and sordid history of tin-pot authoritarianism long predating T. May).

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