TikTok fined €345M for breaking EU data law on children’s accounts

Post by [deleted] » Fri, Sep 15, 2023, 1:58 PM UTC

kmlx wrote: post #75

jdietrich wrote: post #62

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These are serious, proportionate fines that meaningfully affect the bottom line. These companies are demonstrably making big changes in order to comply. They have been testing out the boundaries and seeing how close to the wind they can sail, but I think that's coming to an end now that they're seeing the impact of the new approach to enforcement. The clearest sign for me was Meta's decision to delay the launch of Th…

> Of course that creates the possibility of a two-tier internet where EU customers simply don't get access to products this has already happened. google’s bard took it’s time to launch in europe. the young kid in me that always thought we finally have a piece of tech that is beyond what politicians can control, that transcend borders and nationalities is saddened. but it is what it is, and without some breakthroughs…

Post by personomas » Fri, Sep 15, 2023, 2:01 PM UTC

endisneigh wrote: post #64

seems dumb. there's nothing stopping a child from lying about their age anyways. how about parents who care about such things just block the TikTok app for their children? if TikTok simply had an age selection box, and if you choose anything under 18 it said "too bad. wait until you're 18", I'm sure all of those children would say, "gee darn it, guess I'll wait" :eyeroll. This sort of nonsense is why government's are…

Post by FirmwareBurner » Fri, Sep 15, 2023, 2:02 PM UTC

wincy wrote: post #88

FirmwareBurner wrote: post #79

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It does get enforced against European companies, they just don't make HN headlines because they're not big-tech so nobody here would have heard of them. Also EU companies tend to be more mindful and take data protection very seriously, even before GDPR was a thing, so finding gross offenders is a rare occurrence anyway.

Isn’t SAP absolutely massive? Surely they count as big tech. Edit: for anyone wondering SAP has ~110,000 employees worldwide, Google has ~180,000, so comparably mega scale tech company.

Post by personomas » Fri, Sep 15, 2023, 2:03 PM UTC

itishappy wrote: post #81

personomas wrote: post #46

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> Why can we not put the burden on the parents? You'd like the EU to regulate... parenting?

Post by layer8 » Fri, Sep 15, 2023, 2:04 PM UTC

InTheArena wrote: post #70

This is a good start, but I'm going to be very curious to see if EU data law ever starts getting enforced against european companies at scale, as opposed to international companies.