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If the EU doesn’t like it, they should make their own platform. This isn’t a public park, we are talking about privately owned property.
by op00to 6y ago
If the EU doesn’t like it, they should make their own platform. This isn’t a public park, we are talking about privately owned property.
- mc32 6y agoSure but the EU, like China, like Russia are different jurisdictions with different laws. Their countries, their rules.
- wolco5 6y agoThe point is to regulate social media for European citizens. They set the rules. If facebook or twitter cannot follow them they will pull out of that market allowing space for a local platform to take over.
- zdragnar 6y agoIt would be interesting to see how that pans out for social media, since they tried with Google News and that, if I was correctly informed, hurt local publishers rather than helped.
- agiroth 6y agoIn the short term, sure it would. If you tear up one field in the middle of planting and plant another, it'll hurt short term; 10 years later it'll be a funny story. Markets love a vacuum and it would be an opportunity for local players to dive in.
- rmsaksida 6y agoIf EU countries don't like it, they may also ban US tech companies as they're sovereign countries that don't need to bow to foreign corporations.