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Reddit CEO Triples Down, Insults Protesters, Whines About Not Making Enough Money From Reddit Users (www.techdirt.com)

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[-] nickb333@beehaw.org 4 points 2 years ago

Keep us updated how this goes. Are they even governed by EU law if they are in the US?

[-] Zagorath@aussie.zone 11 points 2 years ago

If they want to operate in the EU (for example, selling ad space to European companies to show to European users) then yes, they are.

[-] A2PKXG@feddit.de 2 points 2 years ago

There are some American news sites that don't serve to European users for that reason. Instead, we get a screan that explains that GDPR is too much for them to handle.

It can be circumvented with a VPN, but I haven't bothered so far

this post was submitted on 18 Jun 2023

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