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Re:Take It Down Act: A Flawed Attempt to Protect Victims Tha... by bee_rider on Saturday March 08, 2025 @01:48AM (#43298078)
The cookie banners aren’t mandated by the GDPR, they are malicious sites’ response to the GDPR.
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Re:Take It Down Act: A Flawed Attempt to Protect Victims Tha... by yellow_postit on Saturday March 08, 2025 @02:02AM (#43298136)
They were/are and entirely predictable response.

The broader issue with GDPR is the benefit it gives incumbents over startups.

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Re:Take It Down Act: A Flawed Attempt to Protect Victims Tha... by bee_rider on Saturday March 08, 2025 @02:20AM (#43298249)
It might not be the best result, but at least the bad sites are identifying themselves.
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Re:Take It Down Act: A Flawed Attempt to Protect Victims Tha... by p3rls on Saturday March 08, 2025 @07:48AM (#43299818)
Lol, when GDPR came out one of our euro devs was threatening to walk out if we didn't put a banner up because he thought he'd be personally fined.

Now it's obvious of course.

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Re:Take It Down Act: A Flawed Attempt to Protect Victims Tha... by loeg on Saturday March 08, 2025 @01:54PM (#43302491)
Where did I claim cookie banners were mandated by the GDPR? I don't think this is responsive to my comment.
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