Palantir vs. the "Republik": US analytics firm takes magazine to court

SilverElfin 4 hours ago|

It’s the same Trumpian playbook of attacking publications and using capital to censor, bully, and extract settlements. These companies are evil. But they are evil particularly because a class of ultra wealthy (the Epstein class) are allowed to amass wealth and power.

brandensilva 4 hours ago|

The deep state is their former name but I like your reference or the Epstein class which is far better at describing how both sides of the political aisle are compromised by the rich and powerful who know no laws or punishment for crimes any normal person would be subjected too.

kmeisthax 6 hours ago|

Shame on Heise for this GDPR-noncompliant trash in their cookie pop-up:

> We offer you the option of rejecting individual data processing. If you have made a selection for all processing purposes, you can save it. Please note that consent to personalised advertising is always required for use without a Pur subscription.

Naah, no, you don't get to gate rejecting consent behind a subscription. Not even if that's your economic reality. The GDPR entitles people in Europe to opt out of surveillance capitalism, and if you can't make money in that environment, you deserve to go bankrupt.

Gimme dat shit for free.

throwawayqqq11 5 hours ago|

You do you think pay-or-ok is not compliant? Ive not heard of a ruling against it.

tremon 5 hours ago||

https://gdpr-info.eu/recitals/no-43/

> Consent is presumed not to be freely given [..] if the performance of a contract, including the provision of a service, is dependent on the consent despite such consent not being necessary for such performance.

https://noyb.eu/en/pay-or-okay-explained-why-more-and-more-w...

> the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) is working on a binding opinion on 'Pay or Consent', which will determine whether Europeans continue to have a realistic option to protect their privacy online. If the approach is legitimised for Meta, companies across all industries could follow suit - which would mark the end of genuine consent to the use of European's data.