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Meta accused of ‘massive, illegal’ data collection operation by European consumer rights groups. | CNN Business (edition.cnn.com)
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Meta accused of ‘massive, illegal’ data collection operation by European consumer rights groups. | CNN Business::European consumer rights groups are accusing Meta, the owner of Facebook and Instagram, of carrying out a “massive” and “illegal” operation of collecting data from hundreds of millions of its users in the region.

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[–] glouriousgouda@lemmy.myserv.one 14 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Wow, so this is what it looks like when a country decides to stand up for it's people and protects our privacy. Neat.

[–] cosmicrookie@lemmy.world 5 points 8 months ago (1 children)

It's not the actual countries doing it but consumer organizations in those countries. The reason they can though is because EU has set up rules to protect its people.

[–] glouriousgouda@lemmy.myserv.one 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

That's a very poor understanding of how laws and regulations are ratified and passed into law. A consumer org can't just say "hey, don't do this!" and they just have to stop.

[–] moistclump@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

No but I imagine they can organize and funds and act as a plaintiff.