Comment on EU’s Top Court Just Made It Literally Impossible To Run A User-Generated Content Platform Legally
General_Effort@lemmy.world 2 hours agoYou know how 4chan is doing business in the UK? In the same way, lemmy.today is doing business in the EU.
This ruling is not likely to have immediate consequences for the fediverse, since the GDPR is not enforced much.
I don’t think it is actually impossible, as the headline claims. Platforms that have already been on the receiving of enforcement are probably fine, eg Facebook.
tal@lemmy.today 2 hours ago
4chan’s position is that they aren’t doimg business in the UK, which is why they’re disregarding the UK regulator’s fines. The UK might be able to block them, but probably not get the US to enforce rulings against them.
Very unlikely, in the eyes of the US court system. They have no EU physical presence, and aren’t advertising targeting EU people.
General_Effort@lemmy.world 8 minutes ago
That’s exactly the thing. US courts don’t care about foreign laws in the first place. They don’t care about a EU presence at all.
Nevertheless, the EU demands that any websites, internet services, … that are offered to EU users follow EU laws like GDPR. If it’s in a language not spoken in the EU, then it’s probably fine. If lemmy.today declared that it was specifically for Oregonians, that would likely be fine, too. But anything in English that is offered globally, is a potential target.
That should not be taken lightly. If the 4chan people travelled to UK, they would probably be arrested. They will have to watch out when they travel abroad if the country might assist the UK and arrest and arrest them. If they ever acquire property abroad, that might be seized.
Fedi-servers in the EU certainly have to follow these regulations.