Re:Facebook: We don’t need your consent
by astrodev on Wednesday November 20, 2019 @01:09PM
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The European people, actually.
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Re:Facebook: We don’t need your consent
by oarabbus_ on Wednesday November 20, 2019 @01:12PM
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Could you elaborate?
Re:Facebook: We don’t need your consent
by bad_user on Wednesday November 20, 2019 @01:15PM
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I'm not the parent, but from my pov FB is a net negative for society, so if they are unwilling to play by our laws, then I'd rather see them get the fuck out.
They won't of course, because it leaves the market open for grabs.
Re:Facebook: We don’t need your consent
by voxic11 on Wednesday November 20, 2019 @01:24PM
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If they leave the EU though they don't need to follow European laws or pay European taxes, but that doesn't prevent European users from continuing to use the actual website.
Re:Facebook: We don’t need your consent
by bad_user on Wednesday November 20, 2019 @02:44PM
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No, that's not true.
Due to trade agreements US companies have to follow EU law, for EU citizens, even of those companies don't have a presence in the EU.
In other words Facebook would have to block EU users.
Re:Facebook: We don’t need your consent
by buboard on Wednesday November 20, 2019 @01:10PM
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i m a EU people. how would i win?
Re:Facebook: We don’t need your consent
by Semaphor on Wednesday November 20, 2019 @01:14PM
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I’d win by another service for events popping up because facebook is gone. It’s nowadays the only thing I still need fb for.
Re:Facebook: We don’t need your consent
by mamon on Wednesday November 20, 2019 @01:14PM
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There was a study recently showing that people that do not have Facebook account are happier :) Not to mention their personal data are not being abused.
Re:Facebook: We don’t need your consent
by buboard on Wednesday November 20, 2019 @01:31PM
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i don't use facebook and i do agree its bad for egopaths. But i have some friends who use it to communicate with their family back in their countries and it's a valuable service for that reason.
Re:Facebook: We don’t need your consent
by rorykoehler on Wednesday November 20, 2019 @04:09PM
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Pretty easy to replace with a different service for that use case