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> Is Facebook a fundamental right? No, but privacy is.
by Kbelicius 3y ago
> Is Facebook a fundamental right?
No, but privacy is.
- karmasimida 3y agoThen don't use facebook.
- throw_a_grenade 3y agoNo, it's the other way around. Either FB offers something that aligns with the law, or they GTFO. Why it's the me(g|t)acorp that sets rules and not elected governments? Because it's their product? Because we the people are the product and not people?
- karmasimida 3y agoGood, so EU can go and ban Facebook operating in EU straight up, not dancing around privacy. The EU protectionism around internet service is due to its lack of competitiveness in the whole internet economy. Or they might just outright start this trade war with US, and see how it goes.
- throw_a_grenade 3y ago> EU can go and ban Facebook EU and Member States thereof can also use less drastic means to compel people and companies to follow the law. BTW we also retired capital punishment for people. We don't need 0/1 either-or constructs in law.
- dns_snek 3y agoWhat you're saying is thay exploitation is profitable for the exploiters, making them more "competitive" on the world stage. All I can say in response is that so was slavery.
- la_oveja 3y agox restaurant will only let you eat if you show your bank account details beforehand "to make sure youll be able to pay afterwards". obviously you wont go to that restaurant, but maybe thats the workplace restaurant (environment forces you to use it). that doesnt sound good, no? privacy laws must be enforced
- jamespo 3y agothere are plenty of places where you pay before you get your food
- la_oveja 3y agoyeah but in my example they dont make you pay beforehand: they want to know how much do you make, how much you spend, what places you spend on... is an example of being forced to comply with abusive clausules
- karmasimida 3y agoYou just described all buffet/AYCE restaurants in the world.
- la_oveja 3y agoall buffets will know my salary if i eat there?
- karmasimida 3y agodid facebook require your salary level before signing up? Also it is not like buffet doesn't ask for your email/phone number to register in order to get in line, they do.
- la_oveja 3y agofacebook will track all my interactions, make a profile of my habits and sell them to bidders. before signing up. i dont see how needing a email/phone number to register for something is related to anything were talking about.