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submitted 1 year ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/world@lemmy.world

Starting Friday, Europeans will see their online life change.

People in the 27-nation European Union can alter some of what shows up when they search, scroll and share on the biggest social media platforms like TikTok, Instagram and Facebook and other tech giants like Google and Amazon.

That’s because Big Tech companies, most headquartered in the U.S., are now subject to a pioneering new set of EU digital regulations. The Digital Services Act aims to protect European users when it comes to privacy, transparency and removal of harmful or illegal content.

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[-] afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world 32 points 1 year ago

Every single website now asks me if I want to accept cookies.

[-] mineapple@feddit.de 7 points 1 year ago

May I tell you about uBlock Origin?

[-] avater@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago
[-] fristislurper@feddit.nl 15 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It can hide cookie banners for you with the right settings. Since gdpr dictates no choice = no cookies, this should block all tracking stuff.

I don't remember what exactly you need to enable, but you can use DDG to find out.

[-] DarkThoughts@kbin.social 19 points 1 year ago

Since gdpr dictates no choice = no cookies, this should block all tracking stuff.

It should, but doesn't. 90% of all of those prompts are basically illegal in several ways and this is one of them.

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