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Or, perhaps it is "whatever are most restrictive but still societally acceptable". Europe has impacted the web by forcing us all to accept cookies.

Though we reject Chinese style censorship which is more restrictive but unacceptable.



Europe didn't force anyone to accept cookies. It forced companies to get consent before collecting your data. That's the companies' reaction to it.




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