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This is exactly what critics of GDPR feared will happen. Meanwhile, the pro-GDPR hysteria went on until the inevitable happened.

But hey, at least now every tiny blog will dump a huge pop up every time I visit telling me how important is my "privacy" to them.

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Oh, which critics were worried about journalists?

I've read most if not all the GDPR topics on HN and all the GDPR critics I've read were basicslly worried about ad-funded businesses or an abstract concept of freedom from government control - as in let the market decide.

So it's far fetched to now claim that everyone was worried about journalism.

Furthermore, this is clearly political power abuse. Apparently the same organisation was raided for a "fraud" investigation. The problem's the corrupt government, not the privacy law.

Well, I'd say investigative journalists saw this coming :)

Here's a panel in May: https://eijc18dataharvest.sched.com/event/ETCN/gdpr-the-new-...

That "abstract concept" - well this is how it gets implemented in the real world.

A corrupt government and an overreaching regulation (look ma, two oxymorons in a single phrase!) and this is the price you pay for... for what? What did you actually gain from gdpr?

I believe this same government was in the news for essentially making bribes legal, as long as they were under a specific amount... and yet you think it's the GDPR of all things that enables their abuse?

The GDPR which mandates exceptions for journalism, by the way.

No, GDPR also enables this abuse. Because GDPR was the criticized one, not that govt.

Criticized for enabling this, for chilling effects on European startups, for solidifying the monopoly of huge web behemoths like Facebook and google, and for generally creating a shitty everyday browsing excperience.

All for the absolutely ZERO benefits GDPR brought so far...

I wouldn't say it has brought zero benefits. Many websites now offer the possibility of rejecting tracking cookies, many companies have reconsidered and modified how they are treating user data, and we now have the right to request all our personal data from companies. Hopefully the situation will improve further when a few misbehaving companies are fined.

>This is exactly what critics of GDPR feared will happen.

Can you support this please?

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