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Age Verification Is A Windfall for Big Tech—And A Death Sentence For Smaller Platforms (www.eff.org)
submitted 2 days ago by technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/technology@lemmy.world
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This consolidation of power is a dream come true for the Big Tech platforms, but it’s a nightmare for users. While the megacorporations get more traffic and a whole lot more user data (read: profit), users are left with far fewer community options and a bland, corporate surveillance machine instead of a vibrant public sphere. The internet we all fell in love with is a diverse and colorful place, full of innovation, connection, and unique opportunities for self-expression. That internet—our internet—is worth defending.

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[–] drmoose@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Unfortunately sometimes it's too late. Any platform can lock your account and keep your data until you unlock it and GDPR and similar do not protect against it. That's what Twitter and LinkedIn started to do - require verification and no way to delete your account if you decline.

[–] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Thanks to GDPR you can email them to have your data deleted though. In fact, it’s what I’d suggest. Give them extra work.

[–] Railcar8095@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

How do you verify it's you? Just email address seems weird.

[–] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Should be enough given it’s the same address the account was registered with.

[–] drmoose@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

I've tried emailing LinkedIn with no response. Apparently this is not covered by gdpr because you still need to confirm identity

[–] 1984@lemmy.today 0 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Then I will just update my profile to a link my own cv page.

[–] drmoose@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

You can't do anything with a locked account. Just a screen to do a web cam verification.

[–] 1984@lemmy.today 3 points 1 day ago

Ah you meant like that...

Yeah, the power these companies have over our lives is very disturbing. They have positioned themselves as something most academic people really need, at least linkedin has.