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US law seems to have a Homer Simpson approach to protecting its citizens. "Nobody ruins my family vacation but me, and maybe the boy!"
by moolcool 4y ago
US law seems to have a Homer Simpson approach to protecting its citizens. "Nobody ruins my family vacation but me, and maybe the boy!"
- revscat 4y agoThat’s no different from any nation, though.
- bilbo0s 4y agoWhich is probably why we'll slowly see the slow Balkanization of the internet. South Americans will go to South American properties. North Americans will go to North American Properties. Europeans will go to European properties. I even expect the Africans to see this Balkanization as a way to solve some of their problems with, at once, unemployment and security.
- LarryMullins 4y agoBalkanization is one way to see it. Re-assertion of sovereignty is another. Without this 'balkanization', the EU lacks the practical ability to regulate their own internal affairs. Their data and privacy laws are little more than wishful thinking until they ban American apps (all American software companies are legally obligated by the US Government to flaunt those EU laws.)
- moolcool 4y agoI think you underestimate the footprint and influence that Meta has in Africa.
- sudosysgen 4y agoIt's based mostly on WhatsApp and as such it is subject to change.
- p0pcult 4y agoAnd that's how we like it! USA USA USA! /s?