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Re:Google fined €150M, Facebook €60M for for non-compliance ... by PontifexMinimus on Thursday January 06, 2022 @06:00AM (#29822032)
> then murdered it with endless bureaucracy that went nowhere.

That's why a solution needs to be imposed on the industry. They won't agree to anything in good faith.

Re:Google fined €150M, Facebook €60M for for non-compliance ... by jokethrowaway on Thursday January 06, 2022 @07:26AM (#29822699)
This is being imposed on end users as well. The majority of people didn't care about being tracked when they joined Facebook.
Re:Google fined €150M, Facebook €60M for for non-compliance ... by Ragnarork on Thursday January 06, 2022 @07:40AM (#29822827)
The majority of people didn't know that they were tracked either, nor what that would actually involve.

Tracking was imposed on end-users, not the tools/legislation that have had to emerge because of that.

Re:Google fined €150M, Facebook €60M for for non-compliance ... by streamofdigits on Thursday January 06, 2022 @07:46AM (#29822871)
what level of awareness do you think the "majority of people" have about the implications of online tracking, of detailed behavioral profiling, of biased algorithmic influences on all online information experience etc.

somehow this particular industry can get away with standards and regulations that for any other industry would be the wildest dream of deregulatory heist

the "innovation" shtick has worn thin, its time to clean up the mess

Re:Google fined €150M, Facebook €60M for for non-compliance ... by rightbyte on Thursday January 06, 2022 @07:40AM (#29822822)
I joined Facebook when I was 16 and at the time neither Facebook or Google was exposed as creepy spyware companies.