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Lemmy and GDPR - What is the current state? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by NewBrainWhoThis@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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As the Fediverse grows more and more, rules and regulations become more important. For example, is Lemmy GDPR compliant? If not, are admins aware of the possible consequence? What does this mean for the growth of Lemmy?

Edit: The question "is Lemmy GDPR compliant" should mean, does the software stack provide admins with means to be GDPR compliant.

Edit2: Similar discussion with many interesting opinions on lemmy.ml by /u/infamousbelgian@waste-of.space--> https://lemmy.ml/post/1409164

Edit3: direct link to philpo great answer-->https://feddit.de/comment/840786

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[-] kafa@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

I think to this might be a reductive view.

the fediverse uses activypub.

ActivityPub is. a W3C raccomandation and this organisation cares about privacy.

it's likely that the protocol will, if it already doesn't, take care of it.

even if it's up to single imstamcesy is true, there are two further questions here (beyond how much it's enforceable)

should fediverse help admin in the task?

should fediverse help users to protect their privacy?

and to me the answer to both is yes.

[-] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 4 points 1 year ago

You need the protocol to implement crosshonoring of deletion requests, which is the default now. However, that deletion request could be ignored.

As others noted, it gets complicated if two instances defederate from each other, as the communication link which would process these requests have been severed.

[-] kafa@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

this to me is good though.

ActivityPub takes care of it.

this means that the fediverse is gdpr friendly.

easier situation.

out of curiosity, is it resistant to temporary partitions?

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