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Re:Mastodon.lol will shut down on May 9, 2023 by sircastor on Friday February 10, 2023 @08:42PM (#34748666)
Is Mastodon.lol engaged in commercial or professional services? It may not be applicable.

This is an interesting intersection of services that aren’t necessarily a business. A lot of modern privacy laws are built around the idea that you’re making money from people, and stand to lose that income. I’m not sure that GDPR offers anything different.

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Re:Mastodon.lol will shut down on May 9, 2023 by patapong on Friday February 10, 2023 @08:51PM (#34748726)
Here is the article defining the material scope of the GDPR: https://gdpr-info.eu/art-2-gdpr/

It does not seem to make any difference whether the service is engaged in commercial or professional services.

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