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[return to "Facebook collecting people's data even when accounts are deactivated"]
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1. kevmo+h5[view] [source] 2022-01-06 00:56:28
>>karlzt+(OP)
We desperately need laws around this.
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2. pvaran+B6[view] [source] 2022-01-06 01:07:04
>>kevmo+h5
They are already known to not be in compliance with many laws that already exist.
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3. ajsnig+9a[view] [source] 2022-01-06 01:32:01
>>pvaran+B6
We need enforcement, and we need fines high enough, to make this not worth it.
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4. lmkg+xz[view] [source] 2022-01-06 04:44:42
>>ajsnig+9a
Whatsapp (owned by Facebook) was fined 225 million Euros for GDPR violations, the largest GDPR fine to date. Of that, 75 million was specifically for harvesting info from contact lists.
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5. durnyg+vK[view] [source] 2022-01-06 06:35:06
>>lmkg+xz
> harvesting info from contact lists

I'm certain LinkedIn was doing it as well, ie. dark patterns to upload contact list then aggressively harvesting new users.

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