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Re:Romania orders investigative journalists to disclose sour... by elliekelly on Friday November 09, 2018 @02:57PM (#18417389)
To be clear, this has nothing to do with personal data protection and everything to do with journalists publishing evidence tying senior Romanian politicians to fraud and the embezzlement of public funds.

This is an issue of free speech and free press. Perverting the privacy regulations is just a means to an end for a corrupt government. Do not mistake that corruption for any sort of privacy protection.

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Re:Romania orders investigative journalists to disclose sour... by ATsch on Friday November 09, 2018 @03:05PM (#18417470)
Yeah. I'm entirely convinced that if not in GDPR, they would have found a method to go after these journalists in another law. GDPR has the added benefit of being able to blame it on "we have to comply with EU laws" though.
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Re:Romania orders investigative journalists to disclose sour... by superkuh on Saturday November 10, 2018 @12:27AM (#18420108)
This quick pick of GDPR to abuse certainly says something about the potential for abuse and it's palatability for those that do abuse law.
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