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moffkalast 3 months ago | parent | context | favorite | on: End of "Chat Control": EU parliament stops mass su...

I take it facebook/meta paid no fines for doing it illegally in the first place?

AnssiH 3 months ago | [–]

My impression was that the temporary permission-granting regulation was passed before the relevant privacy law came into effect, but I didn't check the dates now.

vaylian 3 months ago | [–]

You could probably have sued them. I'm not aware of any cases where that happened.

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