Tag Archives: GDPR

The GDPR’s biggest fail

Posted on May 25, 2020 by Doc Searls

If the GDPR did what it promised to do, we’d be celebrating Privmas today. Because, two years after the GDPR became enforceable, privacy would now be the norm rather than the exception in the online world. That hasn’t happened, but … Continue reading →

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The real problem is Decoy News (and decoy content of all kinds)—and the platforms can’t fix it

Posted on December 14, 2017 by Doc Searls

The term “fake news” was a casual phrase until it became clear to news media that a flood of it had been deployed during last year’s presidential election in the U.S. Starting in November 2016, fake news was the subject … Continue reading →

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