Almost every account and subscription service I have has pushed a TOS or privacy policy update in the last couple weeks. I remember this happening around the time the EU enacted their cookies/advertising laws about a decade ago. And obviously companies update independently from time to time. But this legitimately feels like a couple dozen emails from all different kinds of services all updating/changing things in response to some external influence or event. Anyone else have a similar experience and/or have any idea what have been the “cause”?

  • JRaccoon@discuss.tchncs.de
    87·
    3 days ago

    I was wondering the same thing. I checked my email, and over the past month I’ve received an email about policy changes from:

    Discord
    Anthropic (Claude)
    Nintendo
    YouTube
    Meta
    Airbnb
    Microsoft

    I don’t think it can be just a coincidence. At least a couple of them specifically mention the UK’s Online Safety Act so maybe that’s the reason?

    • Lem Jukes@sopuli.xyzOPEnglish
      14·
      2 days ago

      I think this is the most likely culprit for the very recent uptick im noticing and trying to articulate with this post.