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I find it deeply troubling that platforms are becoming so hostile that users are having to strike against the owners by mass deleting their content. And then th
by a2128 2y ago
I find it deeply troubling that platforms are becoming so hostile that users are having to strike against the owners by mass deleting their content. And then the platforms handle this by simply undeleting the content and banning them from continuing to delete any more (StackOverflow, Reddit)
This may also be legally dubious in Europe as, while the authors may have granted copy rights to the platform owners, they still maintain their moral rights which may apply in this case (IANAL)
- iamkonstantin 2y agoI just submitted a request to have all my content removed from SO and will challenge the outcome if needed. My right to be forgotten and have my content deleted supersedes SO’s dubious, “nobody really reads these” terms and conditions.
- popcorncowboy 2y agoGreat idea. Have done the same.
- MissTake 2y agoI’m not convinced yet that GDPR covers things. GDPR is focused on PII and anything that can identify you directly or indirectly as an individual. If your posts start with “My name is Jane Doe and this is my post” then that would be one thing. However from everything I’ve been able to ascertain, your average forum post is unlikely to be covered, save from anonymizing the email address etc. Granted there are certain things that can lead to deanonymization, in the case of forum posts I’m unsure how far that goes. It’s a myth that the GDOR “right to be forgotten” is an absolute. I also suspect that creating anonymized IDs and attributing that ID to each thread would be enough to get past such attempts to link posts to PII.
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