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Max SchremsonMastodon3d ago
#GDPR / #Cookies: You CAN NOT make it up: #Google, #Germany and #France are now lobbying to keep (!) the Cookie Banners in the EU, when the European Commission has proposed to replace them with a simple signal. #Lobbying against the vast majority of voters worked. Details: https://noyb.eu/en/eu-member-states-and-google-suddenly-want-keep-cookie-banners
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Analysis Summary
The EU Commission proposed replacing intrusive cookie banners with a simpler technical signal, but Germany, France, and Google are now lobbying to keep the current banner system in place. Schrems frames this as lobbying defeating voter preference, though the linked noyb.eu article doesn't provide specific polling on public support—it focuses on member states citing digital sovereignty and privacy concerns rather than explaining why they reversed position. The core fact (member states opposing the Commission proposal) is verified; the framing that this is irrational reversal omits their stated reasoning.
Claims Analysis (3)
“The European Commission has proposed to replace cookie banners with a simple signal”
Confirmed by noyb.eu reporting and linked article. The Commission's proposal exists and aims to simplify cookie consent mechanisms.
“Google, Germany, and France are now lobbying to keep cookie banners despite the Commission proposal”
noyb.eu confirms member states and Google are working against the Commission proposal. The framing as 'suddenly want to keep' banners is somewhat editorialized—the article suggests these parties may have privacy or sovereignty concerns rather than irrational reversal.
“This lobbying worked against the vast majority of voters who wanted simplification”
The post asserts voter preference for banner elimination without citing specific polling data. The noyb article mentions 'requests for simplification' but does not quantify voter majority support. The causal claim that lobbying 'worked' is speculative—negotiations are ongoing.
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