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Re:U.S. senators want social media users to be able to take ... by buboard on Wednesday October 23, 2019 @11:32AM (#21335661)
Yet they still provide with tools to export all data . So i don't think the migration of users is a major concern for them.

I 'm personally all in favor of making the APIs open and unlimited again, but within a month you 'll have journalists nagging again

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Re:U.S. senators want social media users to be able to take ... by WrtCdEvrydy on Wednesday October 23, 2019 @11:39AM (#21335734)
Export tools happened after GDPR.
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Re:U.S. senators want social media users to be able to take ... by buboard on Wednesday October 23, 2019 @11:45AM (#21335800)
they existed long before gdpr, e.g.:

https://www.askdavetaylor.com/export-data-facebook/

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