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Big Tech can transfer Europeans’ data to US in win for Facebook and Google (arstechnica.com)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by Mereo@lemmy.ca to c/technology@beehaw.org

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The European Commission today decided it is safe for personal data to be transferred from the European Union to US-based companies, handing a victory to firms like Facebook and Google despite protests from privacy advocates who worry about US government surveillance.

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[–] Akasazh@feddit.nl 12 points 1 year ago

What an horrible decision, trusting the US to enforcer privacy regulations is quite frankly ridiculous.

[–] max@feddit.nl 4 points 1 year ago

God damnit.

[–] chris002@feddit.uk 4 points 1 year ago

Another victory for big tech companies. I have degoogled, deleted Facebook and Twitter accounts. Run pihole/unbound on my network, use mullvad browser, block all windows telemetary. Just working out what to do next.