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clever-leap | 2 years ago

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t43562|2 years ago

The other way to look at it is that the EU isn't in thrall to big tech companies and the world is lucky that there's somewhere that their power doesn't reach.

The US has many reasons NOT to limit the power of companies that employ Americans and help balance the trade deficit.

thedaly|2 years ago

> The other way to look at it is that the EU isn't in thrall to big tech companies and the world is lucky that there's somewhere that their power doesn't reach.

I'm inclined to agree when you look at things like privacy regulation/GDPR, but the recent draft legislation that weakens encryption leaves me doubting their ability to regulate.