Meta says it won’t sign Europe AI agreement, calling it an overreach

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rockemsockem ◴[18 Jul 25 18:41 UTC] No.44608323[source]▶

I'm surprised that most of the comments here are siding with Europe blindly?

Am I the only one who assumes by default that European regulation will be heavy-handed and ill conceived?

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9dev ◴[18 Jul 25 18:44 UTC] No.44608348[source]▶

>>44608323 #

Maybe the others have put in a little more effort to understand the regulation before blindly criticising it? Similar to the GDPR, a lot of it is just common sense—if you don’t think that "the market" as represented by global mega-corps will just sort it out, that is.

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1. ars ◴[18 Jul 25 19:00 UTC] No.44608521[source]▶

>>44608348 #

> GDPR

You mean that thing (or is that another law?) that forces me to find that "I really don't care in the slightest" button about cookies on every single page?

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2. junto ◴[18 Jul 25 19:08 UTC] No.44608612[source]▶

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No, the laws that ensures that private individuals have the power to know what is stored about them, change incorrect data, and have it deleted unless legally necessary to hold it - all in a timely manner and financially penalize companies that do not.

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3. cenamus ◴[18 Jul 25 19:09 UTC] No.44608630[source]▶

>>44608521 (TP) #

That's not the GDPR.

4. anonymousab ◴[18 Jul 25 22:42 UTC] No.44610600[source]▶

>>44608521 (TP) #

That is malicious compliance with the law, and more or less indicative of a failure of enforcement against offenders.

5. sensanaty ◴[19 Jul 25 08:06 UTC] No.44613531[source]▶

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No, GDPR is the law that allowed me to successfully request the deletion of everything companies like Meta have ever harvested on me without my consent and for them to permanently delete it.

Fun fact, GitHub doesn't have cookie banners. It's almost like it's possible to run a huge site without being a parasite and harvesting every iota of data of your site's visitors!

6. pelorat ◴[19 Jul 25 13:52 UTC] No.44615481[source]▶

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> and have it deleted unless legally necessary to hold it

Tell that to X which disables your ability to delete your account if it gets suspended.

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