tvbusy@lemmy.dbzer0.com to World News@beehaw.orgEnglish · 1 year agoReddit CEO Triples Down, Insults Protesters, Whines About Not Making Enough Money From Reddit Userswww.techdirt.comexternal-linkmessage-square118fedilinkarrow-up168arrow-down10cross-posted to: becomeme@sh.itjust.workssnoocalypse@lemmy.ml
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minus-squareElysium@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-21 year agoDeleted my Reddit account today, not gonna let Huffman use my content to make money and his attitude is very concerning tbh
minus-squareJimbob0i0@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoWaiting on them to fulfil my GDPR data request. One I’ve got all my data (since there was some useful stuff there over the years) I’ll follow up with the “right to be forgotten” request as well.
minus-squareNick B.@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoKeep us updated how this goes. Are they even governed by EU law if they are in the US?
minus-squareZagorath@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoIf they want to operate in the EU (for example, selling ad space to European companies to show to European users) then yes, they are.
minus-squareA2PKXG@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoThere are some American news sites that don’t serve to European users for that reason. Instead, we get a screan that explains that GDPR is too much for them to handle. It can be circumvented with a VPN, but I haven’t bothered so far
Deleted my Reddit account today, not gonna let Huffman use my content to make money and his attitude is very concerning tbh
Waiting on them to fulfil my GDPR data request.
One I’ve got all my data (since there was some useful stuff there over the years) I’ll follow up with the “right to be forgotten” request as well.
Keep us updated how this goes. Are they even governed by EU law if they are in the US?
If they want to operate in the EU (for example, selling ad space to European companies to show to European users) then yes, they are.
There are some American news sites that don’t serve to European users for that reason. Instead, we get a screan that explains that GDPR is too much for them to handle.
It can be circumvented with a VPN, but I haven’t bothered so far