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Is this legislation likely to land? I mean I'd expect all relevant vendors to drop the UK than to pick up so much liability and be expected to hold it world wid
by psychphysic 3y ago
Is this legislation likely to land? I mean I'd expect all relevant vendors to drop the UK than to pick up so much liability and be expected to hold it world wide.
Apple told the US to suck lemons why would it kowtow to the UK.
- account-5 3y agoIt does in China, but maybe the market is too small??
- toyg 3y agoIt's a desperate lame-duck government, heading for an electoral wipeout of historic proportions - all bets are off.
- scrlk 3y agoThe two main parties do not care about civil liberties or privacy. This will resurface in the next administration under a new name with a few tweaks here and there.
- toyg 3y agoBut it will have to be lobbied for again, to different people, and with right-wing tabloids ready to be pointed at anything vaguely controversial in it. It will be a very different battle, and likely much easier - if anything because the government will want to win the subsequent election, whereas the current one knows very well that they won't, regardless of what they do.
- yungporko 3y agoyes, it's almost certain at this point.