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by stavros 958 days ago
No, that's not how it works. You can't do illegal things to someone on the basis that they consented. You can't go around killing people saying "well they were fine with it".

Similarly, Facebook can't be building profiles for people when that's illegal, whether they consent to it or not.

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Newspapers in europe are allowed to do so too, why shouldn't facebook?
Neither should be allowed.