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suffragette

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15. Facebook moved non-EU accounts from Ireland to US. So these arent EU citizens, but their accounts

Reply to lilymidnite (Reply #9)

Thu Apr 19, 2018, 03:27 PM

Apr 2018

had been in Ireland and presumably would have been covered by the new privacy laws if their accounts had remained there.

The accounts are from places like Australia, New Zealand, etc.

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Facebook moves 1.5bn users out of reach of new European privacy law [View all] suffragette Apr 2018 OP

Laughing while I read this. efhmc Apr 2018 #1

Yep, hell put on a show, but he wont do anything that would disrupt the money flow. suffragette Apr 2018 #2

Will NEVER happen! workinclasszero Apr 2018 #18

Interesting. awesomerwb1 Apr 2018 #3

It will always be about maximizing profit and selling user data is a main component of that. suffragette Apr 2018 #4

They'll take all the benefits and none of the responsibilities FakeNoose Apr 2018 #5

Zuckerberg is a piece of shit alarimer Apr 2018 #6

Facebook proves Quemado Apr 2018 #7

I logged out of Facebook as of 3 days ago ... Le Gaucher Apr 2018 #8

Deleted my account 3 mos. ago hueymahl Apr 2018 #10

I changed the password using a complex password generator before logging out Le Gaucher Apr 2018 #11

I'm almost tempted.. agueybana79 Apr 2018 #14

EU citizens are covered by GDPR regardless where their data resides lilymidnite Apr 2018 #9

Agree harun Apr 2018 #13

See post #15 suffragette Apr 2018 #16

Facebook moved non-EU accounts from Ireland to US. So these arent EU citizens, but their accounts suffragette Apr 2018 #15

Me to Zuck: Well, aren't you special Hekate Apr 2018 #12

Just get off of Facebook people! workinclasszero Apr 2018 #17