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by oculusthrift 3001 days ago
they had to have the tool for gdpr. not because they are good guys
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tristanj 3001 days ago
The Facebook download tool has been around since 2010. It's not correct to suggest they created this in response to GDPR.
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icebraining 3000 days ago
You're right that it's not due to the GDPR, but existing EU law already required them to provide all user info on request. See Max Schrems' work, specifically his 2011 complaints to the Irish Data Protection Commissioner, and the subsequent Europe v. Facebook case.

http://europe-v-facebook.org/EN/Objectives/objectives.html

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