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The EU is not going to get into a war because it doesn't have any countries capable of fighting a war. The GDPR is not powerful because as much as they think th
by singlow 5y ago
The EU is not going to get into a war because it doesn't have any countries capable of fighting a war. The GDPR is not powerful because as much as they think they can extract revenue from a multinational company, the pacifist EU countries don't have the power to enforce it at scale. China, Russia and the U.S. aren't going to help them enforce the GDPR. If the companies don't like it they will just ignore it and exclude the EU from the world economy.
The EU will moderate its enforcement to a degree that is tolerable by the companies to avoid any major conflicts.
- denton-scratch 5y agoWhat's this about war? Who mentioned war? The EU is not fining a nation-state with an army; it's fining a corporation with EU subsidiaries and assets. If you want to trade in a place, you either obey the laws of that place, or you shut down operations there, or you get fined. Are you suggesting the USA might use armed force to prevent the EU fining Faceache? I don't think I've heard even nativist nuts suggesting anything remotely like that.
- singlow 5y agoThe post I replied to: > Begun the GDPR wars have.
- denton-scratch 5y agoOh, OK - I read the OP as referring to HN, so I didn't get your satire!