John GruberJul 6, 2023

Threads is the most fun, most interesting new product of the year, and no one in the E.U. can use it, or will be able to use it anytime soon, because their own elected officials passed a law that effectively bans it.

Nice job. Have fun over here in the library.

Show threadSteve Troughton-SmithJul 6, 2023
@gruber ah yes, damn those EU lawmakers for… *checks notes* …creating laws around privacy. How dare they 🙄 Next you'll tell us they trying to protect human rights or something, the fools!
Show threadPedro FernandesJul 6, 2023
@stroughtonsmith @gruber sadly I don’t think EU lawmakers are driven by privacy. That’s just their good excuse to try and have Europe catch up. GDPR has been mostly a bureaucratic facade. Don’t even get me started on the cookie banner…
Show threadAnthony SteeleJul 7, 2023

@pfernandes @stroughtonsmith @gruber

I have been in the room when tech teams have had a good hard look at their databases, and set expiry polices on old tracking data. Why? GDPR compliance.
The knock-on effects in data leaks that never happened is large.

Characterising GDPR as merely bureaucracy and cookie banners is shallow and wrong.

Show threadPedro Fernandes
@anthony_steele @stroughtonsmith @gruber again, sadly, I have seen a lot of paperwork, procedures and goodwill but little enforcement, gross violations by governments/lawmakers, banks, telecom companies, you name it. All the paperwork is being produced but behind the scenes it’s another story.
GDPR, CCPA, etc.. are undoublty important but imho educating the end users and leading by example is even more.
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