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> We haven't "created countries on the Internet". We have though. Your world on the internet looks different based on citizenship( ipAdress) and ppl have to ge
by dominotw 8y ago
> We haven't "created countries on the Internet".
We have though. Your world on the internet looks different based on citizenship( ipAdress) and ppl have to get a visa (VPN) to go that country on the internet.
People hated it when China did this but somehow EU doing this is somehow commendable. Now people are europeans, americans, indians ect on the internet. I just want to be a human being.
- TAForObvReasons 8y ago> Your world on the internet looks different based on citizenship( ipAdress) But this started long before government intervention ("personalization", "regional content"), and it is not the fault of the EU that tech companies pursued behaviors that were against the spirit of the laws. There are two ways for tech to respond to the multigovernment problem: conform to all of the laws throughout the world, or "create countries on the internet". As is evident now, most companies chose the latter
- wlll 8y agoI feel like you need to explain how China's great firewall (I assume this is what you referenced) is the same as the GDPR? One prevents people in China from accessing stuff the government doesn't like, the other prevents companies from treating your data like shit. > Your world on the internet looks different based on citizenship Yes, my world on the Internet looks a hell of a lot better than the Internet as seen from the US.
- dominotw 8y ago> Yes, my world on the Internet looks a hell of a lot better than the Internet as seen from the US. Internet in rest of world is fine. Atleast our govt doesn't record our porn watching activities via unknown third parties.
- tannhaeuser 8y agoHuh? Maybe I've misunderstood you, but porn laws in EU are quite a bit more liberal compared to US. And authorities are also subject to GDPR.
- ocdtrekkie 8y agoHe's probably referring to the UK, specifically.
- johannes1234321 8y agoOnly via the NSA :)
- hedora 8y agoIf you follow the money, they are similar. Both make it harder for the incumbent, US based monopolies to compete with home-grown services. Also, they both massively break the “end-to-end” principle, since your geographic location (and therefore ISP) has a big impact on what data gets served. (The differences between the two are arguably more important, but they are obvious, and have been discussed to death, so I won’t bother pointing them out)
- Zalastax 8y agoHow is it harder for a US based company to comply with GDPR than a EU based company? There is no breakage of the end-to-end principle either. EU can only legislate in their own region, so they can't enforce GDPR outside of EU. A company thqt is GDPR compliant for every user doesn't have to check the IP at all. Any differences stem only from the companies will to keep abusing users data in the rest of the world.
- madez 8y agoI didn't hate it when China did it just because they implemented national regulation. The deciding matter is what is regulated and how. > Now people are europeans, americans, indians ect on the internet. I just want to be a human being. Then let's put people in power that uphold international law and treaties, and empower international bodies.
- oldcynic 8y agogenerating a page based on geoLocation didn't start with GDPR. I've been fighting (often US) sites making "choices" for me based on geoLocation for a decade.
- princekolt 8y ago> ppl have to get a visa (VPN) to go that country on the internet That has always been the case for people on "third-world" countries. Hulu, YouTube (the publisher of this content has not made it available in your country), and even stuff more tangible as Amazon. Now you're just catching up with what the internet has been like for basically everyone outside the US and Western Europe since ever.