Title says it. Apparently lemmy devs are not concerned with such worldly matters as privacy, or respecting international privacy laws.

  • Silverseren@kbin.social
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    10 months ago

    The GDPR is a required to comply EU law for all websites in their jurisdiction. You can’t get away with claiming “but people choose to join the website”.

    Many other websites and even major social media sites have gotten fined and other sanctions put against them already for violating it.

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      10 months ago

      I … think you have a deep failure to comprehend even the basics of how the software you’re on works.

      “Lemmy” is not a fucking web site. Lemmy is a piece of software. It can be running on a site in the EU, in which case the GDPR applies absolutely; those running it on sites outside the EU … not so much.

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        10 months ago

        No, it has jurisdiction in the EU. And Lemmy is a part of the EU jurisdiction.

        Unless the devs want to block everyone in the EU from accessing the site.

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          Lemmy instances are hosted all over the world, by people in a wide variety of jurisdictions. A particular instance of Lemmy might be risking trouble, but Lemmy as a whole (and the Fediverse as a whole) is not.

          If I were to write up a simple forum server and post the code, and it happens to lack the ability to delete comments, I’ve done nothing wrong. Someone running that software in the EU might run into some trouble, but I’m not on the hook for that.