But - maybe you can see it from the comments: people take it further and next thing you know they post "GDPR made Fediverse illegal" or some such bullshit.

That's the power of publication. Not necessarily a good thing.

[–] wisdomchicken@piefed.social 3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

yeah i get what you mean, its been something ive been thinking about. the title itself is already deliberate, because the legal problem already exists: while it is uncertain what the Russmedia ruling does for federation and social platforms regarding GDPR, that uncertainty itself already does pose a major problem.

in the article itself i have an entire section on the uncertainty, and what might limit Russmedia's reach. A lot actually hinges on what the outcome of the Kunast case will be.

thats why i published it now, and with this title. Because right now federation does have a legal problem, with the problem being the uncertainty itself. After Kunast there might either be a much bigger problem (Russmedia confirmed to generalise to social platforms) or a much smaller problem

[–] General_Effort@lemmy.world -1 points 5 days ago

There has always been a tension between GDPR and the Fediverse; more generally, between European laws and the Internet. That's why Europe doesn't have the Big Tech companies. Europe demands a lot of control over the sharing of data. That's difficult to reconcile with the decentralized nature of the Fediverse, or the Internet as a whole. The Künast case is really only one example.