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		Thorrez 2 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Europe's cookie nightmare is crumbling. EC wants p... You can't lock people up if they're not doing anything illegal. The first step is to write a law making what they're doing illegal. Then if they keep doing it, you'll be able to lock them up.

troupo 2 days ago [–]

Companies shipped illegal cookie banners that forced you to click every individual provider to opt-out.

No one went to jail: https://noyb.eu/en/where-did-all-reject-buttons-come

Thorrez 1 day ago | [–]

Does the existing law say that if someone creates a cookie banner like that, then the person can be sent to jail?

If not, then the 1st step to jailing people is to change the law.

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