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Dan Gillmor Feb 3, 2024

One key reason that Americans don't understand the privacy dangers in their use of technology is that about 99% of product coverage doesn't consider privacy as a feature. Tech journalists care about privacy only on rare occasions, and it's drowned out by cheerleading.

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Mastodon Migration Feb 3, 2024

@dangillmor

There is a fundamental discrepancy between how privacy is regarded, covered and appreciated between the US and EU.

European's have much better privacy protections than US citizens through #GDPR.

The US desperately needs similar internet privacy rights laws, to rein in surveillance capitalism run amok.

See this explainer for more details on GDPR: https://mastodon.online/@mastodonmigration/111835089920720731

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What is #GDPR? The EU's General Data Protection Regulation are laws governing what tech companies can do with your personal data. "Everyone in the EU has the right to: - the protection of personal data concerning him or her - access to data which has been collected concerning him or her, and the right to have it rectified" https://commission.europa.eu/aid-development-cooperation-fundamental-rights/your-rights-eu/know-your-rights/freedoms/protection-personal-data_en The US has no such broad federal level privacy protection laws, leaving industry much more able to collect and exploit your personal information.

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Vivien (dentelle & numérique)

@mastodonmigration @dangillmor I don’t think there are many differences. The rule is always that people want to protect their privacy, but this is expressed as “people want to protect their privacy from foreign surveillance”. In the US, the discussion is about evil China spying on americans (see: tiktok). In the EU, it is evil USA spying on europeans.