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US tech needs to obey the laws of the country in which it operates. I am sure the demands of UK government are more than reasonable - and, as it is a democracy
by hunglee2 2y ago
US tech needs to obey the laws of the country in which it operates. I am sure the demands of UK government are more than reasonable - and, as it is a democracy - as full endorsement of the people / users
- spacebanana7 2y agoIt doesn't. Apple could play hardball and threaten to withdraw from the UK market, with a propaganda notification like TikTok did. They could also appeal to Trump/Elon for help. Also the wider part of this order is that Apple would access to the international users data, including US customers, if I understand the article correctly.
- card_zero 2y agoThey're currently antagonizing Trumpelon by refusing to halt DEI stuff, so they might not get any help.
- wkat4242 2y agoI'm glad at least some companies stick to their values.
- spacebanana7 2y agoTim Cook is a master of negotiating with governments. See how he played off China and the US during Trump's first term to avoid both American tariffs and Nike-style Chinese boycotts. If he's antagonising Trump it's for a reason. Perhaps to avoid showing weakness by being too keen.
- Marsymars 2y ago> They're currently antagonizing Trumpelon by refusing to halt DEI stuff, so they might not get any help. I'd probably categorize that more as "declining to halt" rather than "refusing to halt", AFAIK the US government doesn't have an actual law/mandate/whatever for non-governmental organizations on that front.
- sigwinch28 2y agoI’m from the U.K. and I consider the government’s actions around digital privacy to be somewhere between incompetent and malicious.
- aaronmdjones 2y agoSame here.
- cbeach 2y agoSame here.
- Digit-Al 2y agoAnyone who watched Monkey Dust in the 90's will suspect that the government is under the thrall of the Paedofinder General.
- ben_w 2y agoIndeed. The Investigatory Powers Act 2016 was one of the big things (before Brexit) that made me realise the UK wasn't a suitable place to run a tech business. It hasn't noticeably improved.
- ben_w 2y ago> I am sure the demands of UK government are more than reasonable - and, as it is a democracy - as full endorsement of the people / users "Full endorsement" of the electorate isn't how representative democracy works. Given FPTP, the government got a huge majority of seats with 33.7% of the votes, but as there's not universal voting that's only 14% of the actual population, and even with those who did vote it's not clear how many people were voting "not the other lot".