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1. Gourd (gourd@retro.pizza)'s status on Wednesday, 05-Jul-2023 06:12:52 JST Gourd

   Y'all, Meta isn't launching their Twitter alike in the EU because it would be _literally illegal there_ due to all the privacy and data collection issues they plan on having: https://www.independent.ie/business/technology/no-instagram-threads-app-in-the-eu-irish-dpc-says-metas-new-twitter-rival-wont-be-launched-here/a1927220337.html

   ...and some of you want to federate with them?!?!

   #p92 #meta #threads

   • Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Wednesday, 05-Jul-2023 06:26:16 JST Aral Balkan

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     • keithzg

     @keithzg What’s in the books and what’s enforced are different things. I’m sure Rishi Rich is cool with whatever his fellow billionaire wants to do. The EU, maybe not so much.

     (The Irish DPC, on the other hand…)

     @gourd

   • keithzg (keithzg@fediverse.keithzg.ca)'s status on Wednesday, 05-Jul-2023 06:26:20 JST keithzg

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     • Aral Balkan
     @gourd @aral I have seen that take but I don't necessarily see hard evidence that's the case. One notable bit that doesn't line up is that they *are* launching in the UK, where theoretically the GDPR got folded into national laws. If they're unable to launch in the EU but are able to in the UK, that would then under this theory have to rely on some divergence in the UK fork of the GDPR. Maybe there is one, I can't say I know, but I haven't seen anyone propose what that might be.