Privacy

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A place to discuss privacy and freedom in the digital world.

Privacy has become a very important issue in modern society, with companies and governments constantly abusing their power, more and more people are waking up to the importance of digital privacy.

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EXCLUSIVE: EU could announce social media ban for kids in September

Von der Leyen is expected to use her annual State of the Union speech to unveil plans for EU-wide age restrictions on social media

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[–] GMac@feddit.org 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

And mandate they integrate with interoperability standards like activitypub etc so if they start manipulating feeds then we can just exit stage left without losing contact with people we like.

[–] smiletolerantly@awful.systems 2 points 1 day ago

But... That would force them to provide a great user experience in order to retain users!! That's an unacceptable burden on the largest companies in the world!!