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noyb issues more than 500 GDPR complaints in aim to end “cookie banner terror”

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  1. Tardigrade
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    I'm glad someone is taking a stand since those types of banners are so fustrating

    I'm glad someone is taking a stand since those types of banners are so fustrating

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  2. joplin
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    I really like the work Max Schrems is doing, but I'm curious if it's actually effective? I know that he has done a lot of work on getting Facebook to comply with European law, and he's made some...

    I really like the work Max Schrems is doing, but I'm curious if it's actually effective? I know that he has done a lot of work on getting Facebook to comply with European law, and he's made some inroads, but it doesn't seem like anything actually changes. Don't get me wrong, someone needs to be doing what he's doing. I've just been disappointed that he hasn't had the outcomes he (and I) want. And I wish he had a counterpart here in the US.

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  3. ImmobileVoyager
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    The whole internet is held together by monies from the targeted advertising industry. Who decided that advertisers shall own the Web ? It all started in 1996 … Since then, it all went the way of...

    The whole internet is held together by monies from the targeted advertising industry. Who decided that advertisers shall own the Web ? It all started in 1996

    Since then, it all went the way of the Sorcerer's Apprentice.

    Truth be told, nearly two century into the Industrial Revolution, we're still very much apprentices in our understanding and handling of large automated systems.

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