GDPR wouldn't block Tik Tok's data extraction practices, nor is it effective legislation at all.
GDPR is simply EU tech protectionism, nothing more. All it gave consumers was infuriating cookie nag screens.
GDPR utterly failed to prevent data brokers from operating with impunity in Germany and other EU nations. Your cell phone location data is still openly sold when you live in the EU. It's useless.
As far as I understand it, GDPR is personal privacy. I believe the US concern is one of national security.
It has already been established that social media has problems with national security when the company is owned by US. It is likely to be more problematic if it is owned by a country that continues to undermine us with espionage and Cold War tactics.
I think protecting our national security is not authoritarianism.
0xy|5 years ago
GDPR is simply EU tech protectionism, nothing more. All it gave consumers was infuriating cookie nag screens.
GDPR utterly failed to prevent data brokers from operating with impunity in Germany and other EU nations. Your cell phone location data is still openly sold when you live in the EU. It's useless.
nouveaux|5 years ago
It has already been established that social media has problems with national security when the company is owned by US. It is likely to be more problematic if it is owned by a country that continues to undermine us with espionage and Cold War tactics.
I think protecting our national security is not authoritarianism.