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Re:European Commission fines Google €2.42B for abusing domin... by honestoHeminway on Wednesday June 28, 2017 @03:12AM (#14652247)
Its called democracy- its when a goverment pushes the interests of its people.
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Re:European Commission fines Google €2.42B for abusing domin... by xpaqui on Wednesday June 28, 2017 @10:56AM (#14654652)
That's not what democracy is. Also the EU has been shamed as undemocratic since their representatives are not elected by popular vote. People do vote for who represents them as a country in the EU but I doubt any of them had a choice in the Google fine.
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Re:European Commission fines Google €2.42B for abusing domin... by zdkl on Thursday June 29, 2017 @02:28AM (#14661197)
Uhm... So this is problem in the EU but not the US right?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_ele...

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Re:European Commission fines Google €2.42B for abusing domin... by lerpa on Wednesday June 28, 2017 @06:29AM (#14652991)
It's actually called authoritarianism - when pushing what government wants violates other people's rights to do business as they please even if it isn't criminal activity.
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