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I don't see how GDPR can't force them to remove all comments? Additionally, there is no reason Europeans can't own multiple accounts and that accounts can't cha

by mrits 3y ago

I don't see how GDPR can't force them to remove all comments? Additionally, there is no reason Europeans can't own multiple accounts and that accounts can't change hands. So a single European should be able to delete thousands of accounts?

x0x0 3y ago
Unlikely. Reddit will anonymize -- well, "anonymize" -- the data by disassociating posts and comments from the username. This is potentially gdpr compliant (anonymity is a valid way to do things!). There's separately a balancing act: eg a post is valuable to everyone who commented in the thread. So it's not clear that this is wrong, and forcing them to go further will be a slow process involving complaining to a country-specific DPA; getting that DPA to take on what will be a very low-priority case; letting the DPA process play out; and seeing if Reddit will appeal.