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Re:EU wants to require platforms to filter uploaded content,... by blibble on Thursday March 15, 2018 @09:14AM (#16592497)
28 countries that can barely agree that the sun rises every day
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Re:EU wants to require platforms to filter uploaded content,... by 7952 on Thursday March 15, 2018 @10:16AM (#16593006)
Which is why you need a formal political process! If everyone already agreed on everything then there wouldn't be much point
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Re:EU wants to require platforms to filter uploaded content,... by bartread on Thursday March 15, 2018 @10:29AM (#16593122)
That's hardly an unreasonable situation given that it very much depends on where you are in the world and what time of year it is.

The wider point here being that of course they don't agree on "basic" matters - neither does everybody within a single country.

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