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Starting today Facebook must pay $100.000 to Norway each day for violating our right to privacy. (tutanota.com)

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[-] MisterMcBolt@lemmy.world 20 points 1 year ago

It must be nice to live in a country that actively protects its people.

[-] DreadPotato@sopuli.xyz 16 points 1 year ago

I would love for the EU to just go all-out hardcore privacy protection and fine GAFAM et al. into fucking oblivion for not complying. If they shut down services, that's probably for the better, although it will be a rough awakening for most people (probably including myself)

[-] magnetosphere@kbin.social 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

GAFAM?

[-] merde@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Google Amazon Facebook Apple Microsoft 👉 big tech

[-] Phanatik@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

Just a guess:

Google
Amazon
Facebook
Apple
Microsoft

[-] Tubbles@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Aka facegoomicrappama https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tQzCqkIQ60

[-] PipedLinkBot@feddit.rocks 4 points 1 year ago

Here is an alternative Piped link(s): https://piped.video/watch?v=2tQzCqkIQ60

Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube.

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[-] DreadPotato@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The big 5 tech: Google, Apple, Facebook, Amazon, Microsoft

There's a few other acronyms for the same, this is the one I remember most often

this post was submitted on 17 Aug 2023

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