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Well the thing about jurisdiction is that it is utterly toothless if they aren't in reach - hence the lack of arrest of Wikipedia editors for Tiananmen Square c
by Nasrudith 7y ago
Well the thing about jurisdiction is that it is utterly toothless if they aren't in reach - hence the lack of arrest of Wikipedia editors for Tiananmen Square contributions. It is kind of embarrassing really.
Even if "advertising to EU citizens" put them in reach it wouldn't give the outcome they want - that would likely turn into a full block if they see no benefit to it and compliance costs.
- swombat 7y agoTechCrunch have UK based staff, though... there should be a way to have an impact.
- HenryBemis 7y agoAnd this is why _we are forced_ (speaking for myself and a few more) to use PrivacyBadger (on which I keep adding domains), NoScript, AdblockPlus, ublock, and others. It is a democracy. The many will win if they want to. I understand the unethical part of 'consuming content for free' which costs them $. But there they picked to go to the extreme end of loading a simple piece of news with 10+ trackers. On TC I get 14 hits on my PrivacyBadger, 9 hits on NoScript, and 2 hits on ABP. If one day that '25 violations' go down to 2-3, I will consider letting them go with it.
- skybrian 7y agoThere is no "forced" here. For most news sites, you can just not read them, and it's fine, really.