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Re:Facebook now denying access unless EU users opt-in to tra... by briandear on Wednesday May 09, 2018 @01:02PM (#17031497)
False equivalence. Lead paint has the ability to harm others beyond the person making the purchase. Comparing Facebook to lead paint regulations is ridiculous.

This is nothing more than a digital drug law: “You can’t choose what services you consume because we are determined to protect you from yourself, like it or not.”

Re:Facebook now denying access unless EU users opt-in to tra... by icebraining on Wednesday May 09, 2018 @01:19PM (#17031705)
The idea that FB, and personal data tracking in general, doesn't harm third parties is not universally agreed upon.
Re:Facebook now denying access unless EU users opt-in to tra... by e12e on Wednesday May 09, 2018 @01:21PM (#17031721)
Maybe a free public toilet that simply demands the right to broadcast a videofeed of its customers is a better analogy? Be they minors or not?