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With Facebook And Google’s Surveillance Capitalism Model Is In Trouble, Paul Blumenthal joins in the calls for regulation. He too notices the looming impact of the GDPR:
"For the most part, Facebook and Google prevent you from using their products if you decline to agree to their entire terms of service. You cannot pick and choose what to agree to and still use their free services.
The GDPR changes that by requiring online companies, in some cases, to get permission from each individual user to collect, share and combine their data for use by advertisers. Companies will not be allowed to ban people from their services who decline to share their data for advertising purposes. There are 734 million EU residents who will soon be able to opt out of helping Facebook and Google make money. If companies do not comply with the new regulations they will face fines totaling four percent of their global revenues."
Jan 28, 2018, 3:31:42 AM
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