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> It strongly appears those in charge of legislation are not technically minded and have no idea "how" the internet works. Of course they know. Everybody knows
by still_grokking 6y ago
> It strongly appears those in charge of legislation are not technically minded and have no idea "how" the internet works.
Of course they know. Everybody knows, it's just a series of tubes.
But that's not the point. The people in charge also know:
> If Google dislikes you (or their baseless algorithms that are detached from reality) then you are toast.
Replace here Google with FAANG, and see how whole countries are completely depended on those companies. At this point those companies can blackmail any government on earth into almost anything they want. FAANG are actually even richer than most countries on this planet.