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minus-squareSalamander@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-21 year agoWoah, that’s new to me. And sounds very illegal. Are these reports credible? EDIT: I found a discussion on the topic here, which presents some alternatives to explain why the comments appeared to be restored: https://kbin.social/m/RedditMigration/t/34112/Heads-up-Reddit-is-quietly-restoring-deleted-AND-overwritten-posts-and I will give Reddit the benefit of the doubt because even though they are acting pretty badly, restoring user-deleted comments sounds to me like an even higher level of incompetence.
minus-squareNikelui@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoI just hope they are setting themselves up for a massive class lawsuit for GDPR violations.
Woah, that’s new to me. And sounds very illegal. Are these reports credible?
EDIT: I found a discussion on the topic here, which presents some alternatives to explain why the comments appeared to be restored: https://kbin.social/m/RedditMigration/t/34112/Heads-up-Reddit-is-quietly-restoring-deleted-AND-overwritten-posts-and
I will give Reddit the benefit of the doubt because even though they are acting pretty badly, restoring user-deleted comments sounds to me like an even higher level of incompetence.
I just hope they are setting themselves up for a massive class lawsuit for GDPR violations.