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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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