I concur. Problem is, they're probably effective only because Europe has negligible control over Internet services/data due to its complete reliance on the Big

I concur. Problem is, they're probably effective only because Europe has negligible control over Internet services/data due to its complete reliance on the Big Five US tech companies. They may be imposing fines but Europeans have little (if any) control. It might be a coincidence, but the EU announced an agreement on Privacy Shield (which had been revoked because of the strict GDPR requirements https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EU%E2%80%93US_Data_Privacy_Framework https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EU%E2%80%93US_Data_Privacy_Fra...) on March 25, the exact same day they agreed on a deal to supply EU countries with LNG https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/us-eu-strike-lng-deal-europe-seeks-cut-russian-gas-2022-03-25/ https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/us-eu-strike-lng-dea... Having too little power to provide essential services like energy and communication makes it pretty difficult to defend your citizens' interests…