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Re:TikTok fined €345M for breaking EU data law on children’s... by personomas on Friday September 15, 2023 @10:20AM (#37523376)
It's a social media platform, of course they need PII.

We need to relax all laws. Our laws are unbelievable cruel. Business are expected to follow so so so many bureaucratic laws. To fine them 2.6% every time they break one is insane. Imagine how many countries there are out there, how many business laws there are, how much they have to comply with.

A lot of these companies already operate on extremely thin margins. This can destroy companies. It doesn't make sense.

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Re:TikTok fined €345M for breaking EU data law on children’s... by valenterry on Friday September 15, 2023 @10:26AM (#37523501)
> It's a social media platform, of course they need PII.

No they don't. Remember MySpace? Worked perfectly without PII.

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Re:TikTok fined €345M for breaking EU data law on children’s... by personomas on Friday September 15, 2023 @10:40AM (#37523744)
Of course MySpace had PII. People wrote all about themselves.
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Re:TikTok fined €345M for breaking EU data law on children’s... by valenterry on Sunday September 17, 2023 @07:53AM (#37544065)
Did MySpace not work without providing it PII during e.g. account creation? I remember it did work without it, but I might remember wrong.
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Re:TikTok fined €345M for breaking EU data law on children’s... by malermeister on Friday September 15, 2023 @10:23AM (#37523424)
A business doesn't have an inherent right to exist. If the only way it can exist is to break the law, then maybe it deserves to be destroyed?

Why should we put up with an abusive business model so some randos can make money?

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