U.S. Supreme Court rebuffs Facebook appeal in user tracking lawsuit

Re:U.S. Supreme Court rebuffs Facebook appeal in user tracki... by ehnto on Tuesday March 23, 2021 @01:00AM (#26551304)

So do we consider the web and websites to be public places or private places, and does out change depending on who runs the site?

Is a government website a private setting? Is a personal blog private or public?

I wonder if other countries have already explored this and written some law about it.

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Re:U.S. Supreme Court rebuffs Facebook appeal in user tracki... by codecutter on Tuesday March 23, 2021 @01:37AM (#26551478)

Any website that is not behind a pay wall or does not require me to login to read the content, I would consider it to be a public site.

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Re:U.S. Supreme Court rebuffs Facebook appeal in user tracki... by RHSeeger on Tuesday March 23, 2021 @10:23AM (#26555378)

I think you are using "public" differently here than a lot of people would. A public bathroom is still "public" in that it's available to anyone and doesn't require specific information about you to use. However, most people would still consider it a private place, and expect their privacy to be respected while using it.

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