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Re:Twitter just banned a wave of prominent journalists with ... by happymellon on Friday December 16, 2022 @02:30AM (#34011788)
Beyond that, you see a lot of mocking of GDPR rules from American industry and we still have a lot of websites that block on the basis that they want to divulge your personal details to any and everyone.
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Re:Twitter just banned a wave of prominent journalists with ... by rbanffy on Friday December 16, 2022 @07:38PM (#34022745)
And, worse, they abuse the HTTP 451 status for that.

No, I don't live in a country that censors the website - it's the company who owns the website that wants to do things with my data that my country (and myself) considers illegal.

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Re:Twitter just banned a wave of prominent journalists with ... by rosnd on Saturday December 17, 2022 @06:15AM (#34026824)
How is that supposed to be abuse? The website is unavailable because the way they operate isn't legal in your jurisdiction. 451 seems perfectly appropriate
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Re:Twitter just banned a wave of prominent journalists with ... by rbanffy on Sunday December 18, 2022 @04:36PM (#34043766)
It's not the content that's illegal. It's the business practices of whoever hosts the content that are.

There is no government censorship imposed on the content - it's a company that's unwilling to comply with the law.

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