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by fnky 71 days ago
The reason why these scripts are still active is because of EU courts' unwillingness to issue an immediate stop-order. Courts in Munich in the case of Teamfluence v. LinkedIn did not find the "urgency" or "irreparable harm" required for a preliminary injunction. So EU courts don't feel like this is bad enough, despite the fines that LinkedIn has already accrued from previous similar lawsuits.