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Re:EU censorship machines and link tax laws are nearing the ... by bitL on Saturday May 26, 2018 @09:16PM (#17165006)
Imagine most of those involved in regulations are barely able to use Word/Excel, yet are "elected" to decide the fate of technology.
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Re:EU censorship machines and link tax laws are nearing the ... by rnnr on Sunday May 27, 2018 @02:41AM (#17165793)
And who is going to stop them, when even multi-million companies just shallow the pill(like GDPR) and even try to market it positively that they are gonna adopt it first.
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Re:EU censorship machines and link tax laws are nearing the ... by lucio on Sunday May 27, 2018 @08:51AM (#17166696)
>multi-million companies just shallow the pill

They're very happy. It's not a "pill" to swallow, it's a tool to squash any small competitor.

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Re:EU censorship machines and link tax laws are nearing the ... by c3o on Monday May 28, 2018 @11:30AM (#17172947)
Big business massively lobbied against the GDPR. One big reason it ended up so strict is because the final negotiations happened to coincide with the Snowden revelations, giving cover for politicians to resist the lobbying.
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