New from me: Federation Has a European Legal Problem
on what the recent Russmedia ruling means for open social protocols like #ActivityPub and #atproto
warning: do not read if you value your sanity
https://connectedplaces.online/federation-has-a-european-legal-problem/
@fediversereport not surprised @neil was quoted in that!
@fediversereport I remember when the original UK data protection act came in in 1984. https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1984/35/enacted
One immediate question was whether it applied to #Usenet, which was the original federated social media. The general feeling was yes it probably did, but it was impossible for a Usenet node to comply. So everyone ignored the problem, and no legal issues ever arose.