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by jeffbee 1600 days ago
Are you suggesting that Europe has established a fundamental human right to have Google provide free static hosting services?
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No, they're suggesting that given that Google has chosen to provide free static hosting, Europe has decided they can't moderate it with purely automated systems with no appeals process.

This is like running a restaurant in the US, and not being able to discriminate by race. You're not required to run a restaurant, and certainly aren't required to run one that gives away free food, but if you are certain obligations come attached.

I'd also argue that your use of the phrase "fundamental human right" is misleading. Europe can and does require you do things for reasons other than respecting fundamental human rights. So does pretty much every other law making authority.

The EU has established that "The data subject shall have the right not to be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing, including profiling, which produces legal effects concerning him or her or similarly significantly affects him or her." (https://gdpr-info.eu/art-22-gdpr/)
Arguably the opposite where the EU may have in effect outlawed may free services be requiring human review of many activities.
I think reading the part where they say "I don't know how well it fits the GDPR language" would answer your question.