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It needs to be said that US admin interfering/forcing this deal citing "national security" concerns in a situation where US companies already dominate social pl
by tannhaeuser 6y ago
It needs to be said that US admin interfering/forcing this deal citing "national security" concerns in a situation where US companies already dominate social platforms sends a very, very strong signal for other countries to demand social data to be stored on their respective soil as well. It's the end of the illusion of a competitive market in the "internet" and will have far-reaching consequences. In which world would EU, India, South/Mid America give a free pass to US oligopolies capturing almost all advertising revenue?
- thewarrior 6y agoThe US threatened to impose tariffs on India for trying to do this. US is all free markets as long as they can win when they cannot they bully.
- rasz 6y agois this signal traveling back in time? https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-amazon-cloud/amazon-sells-off-china-cloud-assets-as-tough-new-rules-bite-idUSKBN1DE0CL https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-amazon-cloud/amazon...