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Irish DPC says Meta’s new Twitter rival won’t be launched here – But that’s just because it hasn’t been approved for GDPR. It’ll come here of course, just not now.
congratulations EU citizens!
if facebook and ig are allowed then threads will get the approval anytime soon anyway.
What possible reason could a microbloging app need to know my health information? Ignoring everything else about threads - that alone should cause people to pause before using it.
Maybe if they notified users like, “We’ve detected that your heart rate is elevated and you’re sweating excessively. Maybe don’t engage with @xerses5434 on this political topic, lest you have a heart attack.”
just because it hasn’t been approved for GDPR
that’s not what the article actually says, and I don’t think any formal approval is needed anyway (you might get fined if you don’t comply with the GDPR). The article claims:
lack of clarity contained in the EU’s Digital Markets Act