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Europe's Cookie Law Messed Up the Internet. Brussels Wants To Fix It.
In a bid to slash red tape, the European Commission wants to eliminate one of its peskiest laws: a 2009 tech rule that plastered the online world with pop-ups requesting consent to cookies. From a report: It's the kind of simplification ordinary Europeans can get behind. European rulemakers in 2009 ...
In a bid to slash red tape, the European Commission wants to eliminate one of its peskiest laws: a 2009 tech rule that plastered the online world with pop-ups requesting consent to cookies. Fast forward to 2025 and the internet is full of consent banners that users have long learned to click away without thinking twice. On Monday, it held a meeting with the tech industry to discuss the handling of cookies and consent banners.
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