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		fsflover on Sept 29, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Social Cooling (2017) It just must be illegal without real consent. See: GDPR.

lightgreen on Sept 29, 2020 [–]

Google/Twitter/Facebook are the same in EU. GDPR barely changes anything in this case.

fsflover on Sept 30, 2020 | [–]

Enforcement is a totally different thing though. The law itself is good.

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