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Re:EU data regulator bans personalised advertising on Facebo... by wilsonnb3 on Thursday November 02, 2023 @11:23AM (#38114803)
Why do people think that this hypothetical future evil government is going to care whether the people they persecute are actually guilty of “crimes”?

Despotic regimes have never had a problem finding plenty of people to kill. They aren’t going to be thwarted in their pursuit of LGBTQ people because they can’t get a list of people who used Grindr.

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Re:EU data regulator bans personalised advertising on Facebo... by lm28469 on Thursday November 02, 2023 @12:36PM (#38116145)
Because it doesn't have to be literal Hitler coming back. Just look at the abortion situation in the US. What is legal now might not be tomorrow, and we don't have to go turbo dictatorship mode for that
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