It's a good day to be an EU citizen.
Just like yesterday.
just like tomorrow.
Just like any other day ~~except whenever some asshole pushes for ChatControl~~
this post was submitted on 02 Jul 2024
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watching the chatcontrol shit from afar has been extremely depressing
and it's the idea that'll never die as long as police/security forces are built the way they are right now, which doubly sucks
Yeah. It's also just so incongruous with everything the EU usually (tries to) stand for.
The best thing would be if the courts decide that mandatory client side scanning is plain illegal. But for that the measure has to pass, so someone can sue. Not a pleasant prospect.
everything the EU usually (tries to) stand for
only when for itself. there's a lot to (and which I do) like about the EU from the outside, but also a lot not
courts decide .. measure has to pass
yeah and the moment the floodgates are open, there will be a long tail of this shit everywhere that'll take an immensely long time to get cleaned up. and possibly may never be fully cleaned up. just like the current problem of surveillance-based advertising, which I'm not sure whether it can fully go away even if the very business model itself is made untenable - a lot of that infrastructure will die, but some will find new homes in more unsavoury purposes
Honestly, EU could just operate on an "opposite-day" policy, where they consequently outlaw every business practice Facebook ("Meta") partakes in, and it would be 99% correct and beneficial to every citizen.
They didn't need to put this in, but they did;
In case of non-compliance, the Commission can impose fines up to 10% of the gatekeeper's total worldwide turnover. Such fines can go up to 20% in case of repeated infringement. Moreover, in case of systematic non-compliance, the Commission is also empowered to adopt additional remedies such as obliging a gatekeeper to sell a business or parts of it or banning the gatekeeper from acquisitions of additional services related to the systemic non-compliance.
pretty common to see that mentioned ito EU going after megacorps; the tone was set by microsoft actions in the 00s (the Office saga), and has rung a few times since over the years
Most media paywalls nowadays have "pay or consent to cookies and swallow advertizing"...
yes, and that's illegal in the EU, hence the story?
Unfortunately, the DMA only applies to digital gatekeepers, not individual new outlets
yes, but the GDPR violation remains
The point is it is not just facebook, it is about nearly every media page here in Europe.
but you didn’t actually say that, instead you had a quadro-ellipsis that could’ve been anything
and you’ve also just restated an obvious fact/observation with no point of your own? was there one?
yes, and that’s illegal in the EU, hence the story?
i've seen this only on german newspapers tbh
heh curious, I often see it with .be/.nl/.bg ones (but from IPs very clearly not in eurozone (as in, not even under RIPE))
i've seen it at faz.net and at few other german ones but nowhere else
(.de too but you covered that)