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Privacy has become a very important issue in modern society, with companies and governments constantly abusing their power, more and more people are waking up to the importance of digital privacy.

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noyb files GDPR complaint against Meta over “Pay or Okay” (noyb.eu)

submitted 1 year ago by legend_sandworm@lemmy.cafe to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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Meta charges up to €251.88 per year to respect the fundamental right to privacy of EU users. This is a violation of the GDPR.

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[–] SuckMyWang@lemmy.world 32 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Well considering if you actively avoid meta products for ethical reasons they still make a ghost profile of you made from photos people upload with you in it and contact lists of people who have you in their phone and allow meta full access to their shit for some reason, “just in case” you ever join Facebook. Fairly sure it’s then used to build a profile of you and your internet use to serve you ads and sell your tracking data. Fuck the modern day internet is just fucking rotten at the core. I’m not sure I answered your question but I think it gives you the gist