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It probably does violate French data protection. There were similar lawsuits in Germany over the use of Google Fonts. Making a users browser interact with a US-
by ThePhysicist 5y ago
It probably does violate French data protection. There were similar lawsuits in Germany over the use of Google Fonts. Making a users browser interact with a US-based or US-owned service is currently very thin ice.
- zaptrem 5y agoAll they need now is some sort of ISP level filter to make sure nobody loses their privacy to US servers. They could call it a "Great Firewall" maybe.
- mmastrac 5y agoProtecting the privacy of citizens is not akin to society-wide censorship, a la China. This is a disingenuous argument.
- RustyConsul 5y agoKind of. I'm still losing my ability to choose. I've often found the slippery slope 'Fallacy' to not be so much of a fallacy in reality when it comes to power.
- mdavis6890 5y agoYep, next to be banned is fake news articles, then entire sites that contain some fake news articles, then sites that contain links to other sites that have fake news.... [Edit] for clarity
- dntrkv 5y ago“Slippery Slope” is only a fallacy when you can’t reasonably draw a line from the proposed idea to the “dangerous” end result.
- tick_tock_tick 5y agoAnd yet requires a similar solution.....
- frollo 5y agoBut it infringes on my freedom to get spied on by shady companies and their government!