Europe is cracking down on Big Tech. This is what will change when you sign on

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Europe is cracking down on Big Tech. This is what will change when you sign on
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Starting Friday, Europeans will see their online life change.

People in the 27-nation European Union can alter some of what shows up when they search, scroll and share on the biggest social media platforms like TikTok, Instagram and Facebook and other tech giants like Google and Amazon.

That’s because Big Tech companies, most headquartered in the U.S., are now subject to a pioneering new set of EU digital regulations. The Digital Services Act aims to protect European users when it comes to privacy, transparency and removal of harmful or illegal content.

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May I tell you about uBlock Origin?

and how would help that ?

It can hide cookie banners for you with the right settings. Since gdpr dictates no choice = no cookies, this should block all tracking stuff.

I don't remember what exactly you need to enable, but you can use DDG to find out.

Since gdpr dictates no choice = no cookies, this should block all tracking stuff.

It should, but doesn't. 90% of all of those prompts are basically illegal in several ways and this is one of them.