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> One, article 13, sets the stage for large scale corporate surveillance of internet users, especially by the largest platforms such as Google and Facebook. The
by tomxor 8y ago
> One, article 13, sets the stage for large scale corporate surveillance of internet users, especially by the largest platforms such as Google and Facebook. The article, sometimes referred to as “the Google tax”, will require all content posted to net platforms and sites by European users be filtered through tools that screen for copyright content.
If true this is pretty ironic considering it's only months after GDPR.
- joejerryronnie 8y agoPoliticians know nothing of this "irony" thing you speak of.
- supreme_sublime 8y agoMy own personal theory is that the GDPR was going through and the big players didn't fight too much knowing this was going to come through soon as well. They have the ability to comply, their smaller competitors don't, or at least will have to heavily invest in compliance.