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		rmc on Dec 18, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Germany orders changes to Facebook real name polic... Unlikely. Considering how the new Data Protection Directive being written goes further than the current one, and seems to be targetting various things Facebook does (like having all it's EU stuff in Ireland). It seems like a lot of EU law is on the side of privacy and data protection.

jeltz on Dec 20, 2012 [–]

I am pretty sure Facebook will try to appeal. Does not mean they will get the appeal though.

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