The Dutch government said Friday that it may be forced to stop using Facebook after a warning from the Netherlands’ privacy regulator about the Meta owned social media platform’s privacy risks.

The Dutch Data Protection Authority (DPA) issued a statement advising the Dutch Interior Ministry not to rely on Facebook pages to communicate with citizens if it doesn’t have a clear idea of how Facebook uses the personal data of people who visit government pages.

  • cosmicrookie@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    I left it back in November when they forced me to either pay or accept. That said, we need a replacement for facebook, that is made for the EU and by the EU. Sure fediverse is great, but it still is a niche social media for us nerds.

    We need the Facebook styled feed that 60+ year olds feel comfortable scrolling through, instead of the Reddit wannabe format

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      6 months ago

      I have no need for this in my life, so I’m not sure about the specifics. But isn’t diaspora fediverse and supposed to be more like Facebook, rather than microblogging or lemmy?