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Then why haven't they done anything about it?

• washadjeffmad 4y ago
  That's what GDPR and every other human- and privacy-centric policy enacted in the past twenty years has been for. US adtech today argues that individuals have the right to give up their privacy and personal information in exchange for creating value for others, but that that information is inherently valueless without the markets, relationships, and processes they have created. This largely hasn't been (openly) discussed at the public policy level in the US because our lawmakers are terrified of accidentally passing a law that "kills Google". The world is getting close, which was part of the Alphabet/Google and Meta/Facebook maneuvers, as subtle entry into new markets becomes less possible.
• KyeRussell 4y ago
  …what’s your point? Regardless, the gears are certainly turning on data residency. I see it every day in my day job. I don’t work in a highly regulated industry by any means, but it’s one that governments kinda care about. I don’t work in the US. And I can tell you that storing data in the US isn t the magical free pass that the average American would think it is. The US is treated like a foreign power like any other, and that risk is considered appropriately.