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So, basically: it isn't there yet because it isn't necessary yet.
...as suspicious as I am of Bluesky, the title of the article is kind of misleading.
Also in the article: " Regnier said the commission, the EU’s executive arm, had written to the 27 national governments to see “if they can find any trace of Bluesky” such as identifying a EU-based office. It has not yet contacted the company directly, he added. "
Like this is so nonsensical. Talking to press about a company having broken a rule even though they are not under your jurisdiction, but you haven't bothered to contact yet, is just wild.
If they reached out and said "Hey, before you reach these metrics you need to fulfill these requirements" and bluesky told them to pound sand, that'd be good to know.
But "Company who doesn't have to follow a rule is not following the rule, and we'd like them to, but haven't told them we'd like them to" is not news.
It doesn't matter if BlueSky has or hasn't EU offices, if EU citizens are allowed to use their service, then they have to abide by GDPR, DSA and other EU regulations.
That's not correct. The FT has not explained this clearly.
If an online platform has more than 45 million monthly users (~10% of EU population) then it is classified as a Very Large Online Platform. In that case, the Commission can directly make rules for it.
If it has fewer users, then it is still regulated by the Digital Services Act (DSA). The DSA claims jurisdiction over all platforms that have users in the EU. Among other things, they need to have a representative in the EU (IIUC). FWIW I'm pretty sure that lemmy is not compliant either.
DSA: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A32022R2065&qid=1732567528372
I think you need to not be a small enterprise to fall under those rules.
You'd need more than 50 employees or EUR 10m in turnover. Each Lemmy server would likely count individually.
Micro and small enterprises are excepted from some rules but far from all.
I think that lemmy servers would count individually, as well, but it is not guaranteed. In any case, that comes with its own problems.
Thanks for the additional info. The article is a mess.
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I feel like this is easily solved by decentralization. if only bluesy was decentralized.
Bluesky is too busy RP-ing as federated to be actually federated.
Hey, if they get traction, it's a start.