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Re:Meta unlawfully ignores the users' right to easily withdr... by FinnKuhn on Thursday January 11, 2024 @09:39AM (#38952734)
There is the option to pay for Instagram (and probably also Facebook I assume, but not sure) instead of sharing your data in the EU. https://glamsham.com/world/technology/meta-faces-new-eu-comp...
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Re:Meta unlawfully ignores the users' right to easily withdr... by latexr on Thursday January 11, 2024 @10:32AM (#38953565)
As per the article (in the bold part at the top):

> This is illegal, as the GDPR clearly states that withdrawing your consent must be “as easy as” giving it.

The whole point of the article and this discussion is precisely that you can’t make privacy protections a separate “feature”.

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