QuentinCallaghan to Technology • 3 years agoWhatsApp facing up to €50M privacy finewww.politico.euexternal-linkmessage-square5arrow-up110arrow-down10
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minus-square☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆link2•3 years agoThese fines need to be orders of magnitude higher to be meaningful. €50M is pocket change for Fb.
minus-square@throwaway284921384link2•3 years agoTech Companies have more power than Governments, its about time something be done about that by both the public (By no longer choosing to use their services) and the Government to help to lessen their power
minus-square☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆link3•3 years agoIndeed, I think EU is doing the right thing with investing into open source alternative like NextCloud and Element.io.
These fines need to be orders of magnitude higher to be meaningful. €50M is pocket change for Fb.
Tech Companies have more power than Governments, its about time something be done about that by both the public (By no longer choosing to use their services) and the Government to help to lessen their power
Indeed, I think EU is doing the right thing with investing into open source alternative like NextCloud and Element.io.
this is a step in the correct direction