Facebook and Google already in violation of GDPR, alleges complaint

Europe's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) came to life yesterday, and a couple of US tech giants are already being accused of breaking the law. Non-profit noyb.eu has filed a complaint against Google, Facebook, as well as WhatsApp and Instragram, accusing them of engaging in "forced consent", which is basically a 'take it or leave it' approach where-in users are barred from using a service completely if they do not agree to the terms set by the company. Here's an excerpt from the complaint: Facebook has even blocked accounts of users who have not given consent. In the end...

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