> It's odd that people here are surprised by the analytics, and tracking behavior used by t.co links. For EU citizens, collecting data either requires a very s

> It's odd that people here are surprised by the analytics, and tracking behavior used by t.co links. For EU citizens, collecting data either requires a very strong reason (like not being to operate the service otherwise), or opt-in. You can absolutely operate an URL shortening service without massive data collection, which means they need to get an opt-in for data storage from every EU citizen clicking on such a link, otherwise they are in huge trouble with GDPR. So yes, I can absolutely be surprised that they don't seem to care about the law.