Re:Meta prohibited from using personal data for advertisement
by ckastner on Wednesday January 04, 2023 @12:09PM
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> It is the lack of a predictable regulatory landscape in Europe that keeps them from being a hotbed of technological innovation
The EU recognizes the processing of personal data as a fundamental right.
That limits a certain kind of technological innovation, namely that which is in violation of that right.
> This decision, as I understand it, renders large swathes of tech service revenue models untenable.
Too bad for them, but so what? Now they can no longer label me and sell those labels of me to others, with no way of recourse to me if they get those labels wrong.
Complaining about this is a bit like Big Tobacco complaining they can no longer sell cigarettes too kids. Yeah, that's the point.
The EU recognizes the processing of personal data as a fundamental right.
That limits a certain kind of technological innovation, namely that which is in violation of that right.
> This decision, as I understand it, renders large swathes of tech service revenue models untenable.
Too bad for them, but so what? Now they can no longer label me and sell those labels of me to others, with no way of recourse to me if they get those labels wrong.
Complaining about this is a bit like Big Tobacco complaining they can no longer sell cigarettes too kids. Yeah, that's the point.