Not only will #Threads not be launching in the EU (presumably because it'll be sucking up so much personal data that they can't make it GDPR compliant), but now the The European Court of Justice has agreed with Germany’s anti-cartel watchdog that Meta can't share harvested personal data between Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp. That ruling will also apply to Threads.
A great day for consumer protections.
https://www.thelocal.com/20230704/eu-court-deals-blow-to-meta-in-german-data-case/ #Meta
@Quantillion
What galls me is that even sensitive professions such as doctors use a 'professional account' on WhatsApp. Talk about keeping patient data private.
Many hospitals and blood labs use Google services in the Netherlands. It's rampant.
@pascaline @Quantillion I mean the patient data itself is private – Whatsapp aren't reading your messages – but they do know that you're talking to a doctor, and when. In any case I completely agree, public services shouldn't be using proprietary, closed systems.
I was just reading this, it's for universities but many of the points apply to the public sector also https://netzpolitik.org/2023/a-call-to-action-universities-of-the-world-into-the-fediverse/. Good read.
While there is a lot of discussion about new Twitter alternatives and the relevance of journalists and other critical groups of users, the potential of university-based Fediverse instances has hardly been addressed. It is high time for universities to get involved in the Fediverse. This is a call to action.
@pascaline brb, gonna go down to the Diakonessenhuis and tell anyone who'll listen about Peertube 🤓
Brendan Jones
KevinOnEarth
Dagnabbit, Pascaline! 💥