• honk@feddit.de
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    8 months ago

    Yes and no.

    let’s say I have a website that hosts user generated content like a forum or something. Some other person just hosts a mirror of my website that is not under my control. If some user requests me to delete his data, I can do that. i cannot delete the data from the mirror site.

    Nothing else is happening in the fediverse. The only difference is, that in the fediverse the license and technology is set up to encourage mirroring content.

    • UckyBon@lemmy.world
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      8 months ago

      While being compliant with GDPR depends on the instance that pulls your data (which is the premise), the Fediverse isn’t in any way close to being private if you can’t delete your own data everywhere.

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        8 months ago

        “Traditional” social media is not meant to be private, what you post always has been public knowledge, and stays that way.

        There are certainly advantages and drawback to this open approach. So use a chat app if you want private social media, like signal story.

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        8 months ago

        While I don’t disagree with what you say, it’s always safe to assume that once something had been online, anybody can copy/screenshot the content.