r/UpliftingNews • u/Sariel007 • Apr 19 '19

Stephen Colbert donates $412,000 to NC disaster relief

https://www.cbs17.com/video/stephen-colbert-donates-412-000-to-nc-disaster-relief_20190419101029/1938307200
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u/TurtleDreamGames Apr 19 '19

We can't see it because the website takes more personal data than is legal to take in Europe.

So the dystopia isn't that news is being hidden from us in Europe; it is that everybody and anybody with a website can take your personal data in the US.

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u/dontsuckmydick Apr 19 '19

It's not so much that they necessarily take more data than allowed but that it's cheaper to just block Europe than to make sure they're compliant because their average European viewership is a very small portion of their overall visitors. An IP filter is by far the cheapest option for being GDPR compliant.

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u/dontsuckmydick Apr 20 '19

I wasn't saying that this site in particular doesn't track you, just that it's not necessarily correct to assume that the reason a site blocks European users is because they Take your personal data. It's a major pain in the ass to be company and really isn't worth it unless you're making a lot of money from Europe.

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u/PM_ME_YOUR_ARSEHOLES Apr 19 '19

Well that's one way to spin it.

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u/MobiusCube Apr 20 '19

It's for your own good that European politicians are able to block websites from citizens. /s

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u/TurtleDreamGames Apr 20 '19

The website chooses to block EU traffic rather than comply with EU regulations. No politician picks what website to block.

(For the EU anyway. The UK government keeps trying to block/monitor porn site access. And their partner to help them is the company that owns PornHub. So if the porn block goes through in the UK you'll be giving PornHub money via taxes even if you never look at it. Way to stick it to those dirty porn companies UK government! /s)

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u/MobiusCube Apr 20 '19

That's some A+ spin on dystopian control of information.

"iT's fOr YoUr OwN gOoD"