Lemmy's Image Problem
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The popular Reddit alternative's user count has grown a lot over the past year. One problem, though: users and admins can't delete images.

Highlighting the recent report of users and admins being unable to delete images, and how Trust & Safety tooling is currently lacking.

  • @maynarkh@feddit.nlEnglish
    2•9 months ago

    Usernames at the very least, as online identifiers.

    Art. 4 GDPR Definitions

    For the purposes of this Regulation:

    ‘personal data’ means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person (‘data subject’); an identifiable natural person is one who can be identified, directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier or to one or more factors specific to the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural or social identity of that natural person;

    And they don’t need to be sold, just retained. GDPR applies even if there is no payment anywhere, even to non-commercial entities.