Facebook faces ‘devastating’ EU-to-US data transfer ban

Re:Facebook faces ‘devastating’ EU-to-US data transfer ban by MinorTom on Saturday May 15, 2021 @12:04PM (#27166402)

You do realize any potential Facebook alternative will face the same problems, further entrenching Facebooks market position.

This even applies to federated social networks like matrix - a EU server can't easily send messages containing personal data to US ones without at least signing an contract with the required "standard contractual clauses" (technically an contract is always required).

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Re:Facebook faces ‘devastating’ EU-to-US data transfer ban by tifadg1 on Saturday May 15, 2021 @01:32PM (#27167189)

is that really the case? - i.e. what if private citizens run the servers - i don't see why these rules would apply to them.

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Re:Facebook faces ‘devastating’ EU-to-US data transfer ban by thunkshift1 on Sunday May 16, 2021 @01:58PM (#27175609)

Its possible you will have eu only fb, Asia only fb which would not be such a bad thing. Not only would the new entities break monopoly, but also be more compliant than haughty American tech companies with their billions of daus

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Re:Facebook faces ‘devastating’ EU-to-US data transfer ban by birksherty on Sunday May 16, 2021 @06:58AM (#27172783)

Just stop tracking everything people do online and show ads based on content, none of these laws would have been necessary in the first place.

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