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I actually think this is a beautiful thing with GDPR. Because technically platforms like Facebook could just consider themself a Publisher and then they wouldn'

by Puts 3y ago

I actually think this is a beautiful thing with GDPR. Because technically platforms like Facebook could just consider themself a Publisher and then they wouldn't have to bother with the GDPR. But that would also mean that they would need to have a chief editor personally responsible for all the racism, hate and abuse on the platform. So the reason they they have to deal with the GDPR is because they don't want to take responsibility for all the shit published. So how much they may hate GDPR – they hate taking responsibility for their content even more.

vasco 3y ago
Not that you said it, and maybe I'm wrong but I don't think they have any philosophical preference, this is probably a calculation between the cost of implementing features to make existing systems GDPR compatible vs hiring a magnitude more content moderators plus whatever perceived impact they think they'd have on user retention if there was way more moderation which will also have loads of false positives.