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I’m not sure if it’s a coincidence, but I raised a case with the ICO in the UK, and today they got back to me asking for all my communication with Reddit. Also today - after a month of silence - Reddit also emailed me with this

If you’re in the UK and had been affected by posts being restored, I’d recommend contacting the ICO. It takes less than 5 minutes

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[–] Ipodjockey 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

So like they are clearly full of shit. How do you fight something like this?

[–] dhork 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Keep pushing with the relevant authorities. There is a difference between "We are not intentionally restoring comments" and "We certify that we have forgotten all of your info", and that's what these authorities enforce.

It doesn't matter if Reddit's inscrutable back end makes it difficult. That's Reddit's problem, not yours. If they want to do business in the EU, they either have to comply or pull a Meta and stop serving EU residents entirely.

They had a third option, to treat their users as human beings and not dumb fucks to exploit until they want to leave (and forget they ever went there), but they declined to use it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

This. The whole question of whether Reddit meant to restore comments is a distraction. The actual issue is that people who wanted their comments deleted are finding that their comments have not been deleted. If Reddit wants to prove that it was not their fault, they can do it in court. No lawyer is going to believe the kind of half-assed excuses Reddit has been handing out. I would like to see this hashed out in court, if for no other reason than that a court case is probably the best way to find out what is actually happening here. It seems like Reddit not going to be honest unless they’re forced to be, even when honesty would benefit them.