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German cartel office to take Facebook case to High Court

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86 pointsLinuxBender10 comments

If they could go kick the tires over at Google too that would be appreciated.

The only way to please HN is to regulate every company in every industry the exact same way at the exact same time, and to ensure the press reports it all happening at the same time, in the same article, with a neutral headline, and without demonizing anyone. "Regulators Regulate Every Company Equally, Irrespective of Varying Justifications. Companies All Reportedly Good Faith Actors, Say Companies," reports Ars Technica.

You know, you really straw manned the comment above you. They didn’t say any of that, they just said it would be nice if they looked into Google too. It was a very polite, non-critical comment.

Got it, will make sure to wait until one comment that expressly does all of the things I mentioned, in an impolite and critical way, to make my point.

Right? Why is everyone here so argumentive?

Speaking for myself, I think it’s my hope that the people on here who are being ignorant are usually at least open to being rationally explained at why they are wrong.

It’s not guaranteed but in other forums it’s less of a guarantee.

And even if the person doesn’t respond well, sometimes the more reasonable comments will get upvoted, even if they’re unpopular positions, so it’s worth making them.

It’s not true on every topic, some things like sexual violence HN seems to come from an emotional place, which brings out Dang’s “no flame ward!” hammer...

But in general this is a forum where knowing what’s actually true and explaining it well can sometimes be rewarded.

That said, there is also a ton of knee-jerk “that’s not technically true” or “I don’t immediately see the feasibility” stuff. I suspect that is just a personality thing that correlates with engineer types.

But who will regulate the regulators?!

"BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany’s cartel office said on Monday it would appeal a regional court decision to suspend restrictions it had placed on Facebook’s data collection practices to the country’s highest court. "

Am I understanding this correctly: They are removing restrictions, so this a win for FB?

> a regional court decision to suspend restrictions it had placed on Facebook’s data collection practices

Seems like a regional court decided to suspend restrictions imposed on Facebook and the cartel office is trying to override that decision.

Not yet. The court decided the restrictions weren't okay but IIRC since it's now being appealed on a higher court, FB isn't free of them until the higher court comes to a decision unless they can make a good case that it would bankcrupt them.

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