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Europe is not much better. Key industries (for example Volvo) are sold to Chinese and lots of fake Chinese products are flooding the European markets (for examp
by StreamBright 7y ago
Europe is not much better. Key industries (for example Volvo) are sold to Chinese and lots of fake Chinese products are flooding the European markets (for example jams, honey). It would be trivial to fix these if the EU cared. They are busy chasing brexit and other very important things.
- raxxorrax 7y agointernet surveillance is one of their favorite things. After the critical success of article 13, they now plan to give foreign government agencies access to domestic corporate data. At this rate, we will arrive at a point were Brexiteers were correct on most important developments.
- pjc50 7y ago> now plan to give foreign government agencies access to domestic corporate data. What does this refer to? The EU has generally been strong on privacy protection.
- raxxorrax 7y agohttps://www.ft.com/content/63a6105a-fa24-11e8-af46-2022a0b02a6c https://www.ft.com/content/63a6105a-fa24-11e8-af46-2022a0b02... This potentially could reduce privacy protection to the lowest standards of any member state. Terrorism and cyber crime are negligible threats to the EU. It has more of an existential crisis. These kind of laws that have invigorated us the last decades are going to be extended further. Because we seem to be governed by pathologically fearful, demented old... Additionally, the US will be involved for similar sharing of data in the future. Sorry for the rant, but it is what it is. Without any accountability whatsoever.