European digital regulation comes under attack from Trump, Musk and Zuckerberg (www.lemonde.fr)
from Hubi@feddit.org to technology@lemmy.world on 13 Jan 2025 15:15
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random_character_a@lemmy.world on 13 Jan 2025 15:39 next collapse

Of look. Here’s my zero fucks.

0x0@programming.dev on 13 Jan 2025 15:40 next collapse

Surprised pikachu face.

photonic_sorcerer@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 13 Jan 2025 15:43 next collapse

Hey, EU? You aren’t beholden to any of these chucklefucks. Show them the door.

whyNotSquirrel@sh.itjust.works on 13 Jan 2025 17:55 collapse

the Exit door right? don’t ever let them in!

MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml on 13 Jan 2025 16:12 next collapse

“We’re going to work with President Trump to push back on governments around the world that are going after American businesses,” he declared.

Yeah, we know already that you have no interest in a fair market.

Eggyhead@lemmings.world on 13 Jan 2025 19:37 collapse

Imagine this kind of talk coming out of China.

CosmoNova@lemmy.world on 14 Jan 2025 07:45 collapse

You mean wolf warrior rhetoric? I’ve heard plenty of that and it’s just as cringe. Europe and the rest of the world has to step up to these bullies before they swallow everything that’s good about our Democracies.

Eggyhead@lemmings.world on 14 Jan 2025 20:46 collapse

I don’t know what wolf warrior is and I’m kind of afraid to ask.

Curious_Canid@lemmy.ca on 13 Jan 2025 16:14 next collapse

You can be certain that if you’re upsetting Trump, Musk, and Zuckerberg, whatever you’re doing is making the world a better place.

db2@lemmy.world on 13 Jan 2025 17:05 next collapse

Bring back public spanking as a punishment.

000@reddthat.com on 13 Jan 2025 17:11 next collapse

Paywalled, can’t read.

Hubi@feddit.org on 13 Jan 2025 17:20 collapse

Here you go:

archive.is/DiAJr

leftytighty@slrpnk.net on 13 Jan 2025 19:00 collapse

that solves the paywall issue but the poor guy still can’t read

OhVenus_Baby@lemmy.ml on 13 Jan 2025 21:48 collapse

This guy 😂 take my upvote

Metz@lemmy.world on 13 Jan 2025 17:18 next collapse

The European Union seems powerless to counter the assault

Oh please. These pissbaby techbros wouldn’t be crying so much if they weren’t hit where it hurts. It usually takes a while for the wheels of EU bureaucracy to turn, but the following blow is all the harder for it.

As someone who is very happy to live in the EU and proud of what it has achieved so far, I can say: Fuck you Trump and your appendant ulcers!

sunzu2@thebrainbin.org on 13 Jan 2025 17:31 next collapse

Generally oligarchs can dot his to their own countries because they buy off the regime whores...

Do these parasites expect EU regime whores to do their bidding for free?

Viri4thus@feddit.org on 13 Jan 2025 17:42 next collapse

If there was a GPS for doing the right thing, annoying the Cheeto, Elmo and Zuckershit would be waypoints in all of the offered route alternatives.

ik5pvx@lemmy.world on 13 Jan 2025 18:45 next collapse

They can respectfully choke on my massive GDPR

Vipsu@lemmy.world on 13 Jan 2025 21:37 next collapse

Maybe EU should just take a page from US playbook and ban these services due to national security concerns.

I mean Musk is clearly trying to influence European politics with fake news, half truths and downright lies. Not all that different from Kremlins troll factories.

KingThrillgore@lemmy.ml on 13 Jan 2025 21:43 next collapse

For fascists, there must always be a target.

Zero22xx@lemmy.world on 15 Jan 2025 07:53 collapse

I feel like in this case, it’s more than that. They’ve weaponized social media and successfully used that weapon within their own borders and now they’re targeting somewhere else. They want to freely push right wing ideologies and make right wing politicians look good everywhere. Says a lot that in order to achieve that, they need to do things like remove fact checking. But it’s been proven now that ‘alternate facts’ are very effective at convincing masses of people that you’re a free speech warrior while burning books in their faces, or that you care about the kids while campaigning for child marriage and child labour, just for a couple of examples.

It’s convinced working class people that union busting, eternally greedy, multi-billionaires are their ‘anti-establishment’ heroes. And it’s convinced whiny, insecure, porn addicted men that they’re all ‘alphas’, every one of them.

We’re entering an era where freedom=slavery and it didn’t even require any master plan or deception. All it relied on was the fact that people are inherently shitty and only see and hear what they want to see and hear. And it worked. The people they worship or openly slimeballs and garbage human beings for us all to see with our own eyes. But it worked.

anonymous111@lemmy.world on 13 Jan 2025 22:09 next collapse

I forget the name of it but there is a little known agreement that means digital services aren’t taxed. Example, I can offshore workers who connect to a server in the EU and performs work.

It covers things like Netflix streaming to EU customers without Netflix being taxed.

If you think about it this is a little odd. After all, goods are taxed when imported, why not digital services?

The EU is often criticised for having no digital leader. Switching that tax free hose off might resolve that.

cyd@lemmy.world on 14 Jan 2025 00:41 collapse

Lots of commentators seem to be under the impression that the EU is going to stand up against the US and Big Tech. My impression is the exact opposite; they are going to roll over. The EU is pretty good at throwing its weight around in areas where the US is not paying attention and doesn’t feel its interests are at stake. But in areas where the US wants to elbow the EU out of the way, it does so pretty effortlessly, and Brussels just looks embarrassed and tries to forget anything happened.