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You could even exactly pass GDPR as a first measure — there would be a head start on crafting legislation, and businesses are largely implemented against it, th

You could even exactly pass GDPR as a first measure — there would be a head start on crafting legislation, and businesses are largely implemented against it, they just need to extend existing practice to US customers / users. Even that is going to be a hard sell in the political climate though. Twisting to take an even more abrasive and high-touch action is just not going to happen. Hopefully democrats will learn to calm themselves down and inject some degree of sanity over the next year because Americans deserve a rational alternative to the era of Donald trump. Not some Sophie’s Choice of two shock-and-awe Americas.

ianai 8y ago
Legislation requires a 2/3rds control of government. The republicans have a stranglehold on the US senate due to every state getting two senators. There are simply more rural, conservative states than would tolerate that change. Warrens idea points out a better idea. Presidential candidates from non-republicans can do their most work with powers the presidency already has: drug criminalization, immigration, pardon powers, etc. I’m pretty sure a president can break up companies under the trust buster acts from the late 1800s, but I'm basing that on decades old public schooling.
- awinder 8y ago
  The platform utility stuff would all require new legislation. Maybe the argument is that you threaten antitrust cases unless tech goes along but that too would apply to gdpr or some other low touch solution.
hindsightbias 8y ago
Any large US organization that does international business has adopted a GDPR-everywhere model because supporting different processes by GEO becomes a nightmare (effectively impossible). It only takes treating one visting EU citizen wrong in the US to create a legal disaster. The difference is Americans can't sue, but they're already benifiting from corporate processes pounding every square process into a round hole (for better and worse).

ianai 8y ago

Legislation requires a 2/3rds control of government. The republicans have a stranglehold on the US senate due to every state getting two senators. There are simply more rural, conservative states than would tolerate that change. Warrens idea points out a better idea. Presidential candidates from non-republicans can do their most work with powers the presidency already has: drug criminalization, immigration, pardon powers, etc. I’m pretty sure a president can break up companies under the trust buster acts from the late 1800s, but I'm basing that on decades old public schooling.

awinder 8y ago
The platform utility stuff would all require new legislation. Maybe the argument is that you threaten antitrust cases unless tech goes along but that too would apply to gdpr or some other low touch solution.

hindsightbias 8y ago

Any large US organization that does international business has adopted a GDPR-everywhere model because supporting different processes by GEO becomes a nightmare (effectively impossible). It only takes treating one visting EU citizen wrong in the US to create a legal disaster. The difference is Americans can't sue, but they're already benifiting from corporate processes pounding every square process into a round hole (for better and worse).