Sunshine (she/her)@lemmy.ca to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoBrazil gives Meta 72 hours to explain new fact-check policiesglobalnation.inquirer.netexternal-linkmessage-square145fedilinkarrow-up11.06Karrow-down116
arrow-up11.04Karrow-down1external-linkBrazil gives Meta 72 hours to explain new fact-check policiesglobalnation.inquirer.netSunshine (she/her)@lemmy.ca to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square145fedilink
minus-squarekaty ✨@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 day agonot always considering bolsonaro existed and was a tech bros wet dream
minus-squareLanguageIsCool@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·2 days agoDouble entendre: “eu” means “me” in Portuguese
minus-squareTja@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 days agoIt’s a rare W, but a welcome one.
minus-squareriodoro1@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down36·edit-22 days agoEu isn’t doing shit tho. Twitter and meta do just fine here.
minus-squareLifter@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up58arrow-down1·2 days agoHve you heard of GDPR? USB-C mandate? Right to repair?
minus-squareriodoro1@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down51·edit-22 days agoRight to repair? Repair what? Surely not a new iphone. Do you seriously think that meta cares for your personal data if youre European? No? Then how come they are allowed to operate?
minus-squareLifter@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·edit-21 day agoThe right to repair laws will take effect in (at the latest) July 30 2026. Manufactures have until then to decide what to do. Maybe Apple will just straight pull out of EU or comply by then. It’s a painfully slow process but better than not even trying like all other states on this planet. Edit: source https://commission.europa.eu/law/law-topic/consumer-protection-law/directive-repair-goods_en
minus-squareturmoil@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up44·2 days agoThe EU fined Meta multiple billions. You can always do more, but it’s a start
minus-squareriodoro1@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down11·2 days agoHow is that a start if their services are still profitable and poisonous to every mind exposed to them?
minus-squareLifter@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 day agoAnd the lawsuits keep pouring in.
minus-squarenikki@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·2 days agodont let perfection stop progress
not always considering bolsonaro existed and was a tech bros wet dream
Double entendre: “eu” means “me” in Portuguese
Nice
It’s a rare W, but a welcome one.
Eu isn’t doing shit tho. Twitter and meta do just fine here.
Hve you heard of GDPR? USB-C mandate? Right to repair?
Right to repair? Repair what? Surely not a new iphone.
Do you seriously think that meta cares for your personal data if youre European? No? Then how come they are allowed to operate?
The right to repair laws will take effect in (at the latest) July 30 2026.
Manufactures have until then to decide what to do. Maybe Apple will just straight pull out of EU or comply by then.
It’s a painfully slow process but better than not even trying like all other states on this planet.
Edit: source https://commission.europa.eu/law/law-topic/consumer-protection-law/directive-repair-goods_en
The EU fined Meta multiple billions. You can always do more, but it’s a start
How is that a start if their services are still profitable and poisonous to every mind exposed to them?
And the lawsuits keep pouring in.
dont let perfection stop progress