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A rare move showing grace on behalf of the government, but the fact that the decision was made first, followed subsequently by a backtrack is still alarming.
by Shank 2y ago
A rare move showing grace on behalf of the government, but the fact that the decision was made first, followed subsequently by a backtrack is still alarming.
- usrnm 2y agoIt costs very little to try and see if it works out, they will try again shortly. You can see the same bahavior with chat regulatons in the EU.
- carstenhag 2y agoSame as with preemptive governmental data storage, which gets warmed up about every year in Germany...
- nucleative 2y agoI'm an American working from Thailand for the past decade or so, and this strategy is relatively common for the governments around here. It's chaotic. They will usually have mid level officials announce some new policy as if it's a done deal. Then, if there's no public outcry, a higher level official will confirm it and maybe, eventually, details will roll out. If the public responds very negatively, the idea will just disappear or the higher level guy can distance himself from the low level guy "who was misinformed". I think it's how they test the water and decide if it's worth the effort.