>If some guy has to effectively stop hosting a forum because of GDPR
GDPR does not prevent people from hosting forums
GDPR does not prevent people from hosting forums
The problem for anyone wanting to host a forum is that using off-the-shelf software is a sensible route, but the available software might still be leaning towards offering to collect data like this, might not yet have support for GDPR disclaimers, checkboxes, etc.
What I’m saying is let’s assume neither malice nor incompetence and instead that those wishing to host forums may be hamstrung by the available software.
How would that have that effect?
Someone correct me if I'm wrong.
More realistically, this is a problem that has no easy technical solution that originates from a law that still isn't adopted.
If I were an owner of such platform, I wouldn't worry too much about it now. In a year... maybe.
Here in the UK, these sorts of laws have had, as far as I know, zero enforcement.
http://nocookielaw.com/ https://silktide.com/the-stupid-cookie-law-is-dead-at-last/ https://silktide.com/dear-ico-this-is-why-web-developers-hat...
Sure, that's easy: everything is copyrighted. The difficult part is determining whether the uploader can legally share the copyrighted material, which is just as likely to prove impossible to automate with accuracy and precision as the detection of personal information.