Macron Wants to Rein in Silicon Valley, from Brussels

Re:Macron Wants to Rein in Silicon Valley, from Brussels by mkirklions on Monday August 06, 2018 @09:00AM (#17697155)

And this is how FAANG ends up destroying democracy in Europe like our lobbyists destroyed our democracy in the US.

These words are dangerous to the life of these companies. I can easily see (trillion dollar) companies starting various forms of political donations in EVERY country.

Google cannot afford to lose its euro market, but google can afford to buy policies.

EDIT: Whats the criticism? For the first time in human history, money wont be able to buy politics?

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Re:Macron Wants to Rein in Silicon Valley, from Brussels by markus92 on Monday August 06, 2018 @09:05AM (#17697187)

Too bad campaign contributions are heavily regulated in Europe. It's a bit harder to buy politicians here.

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Re:Macron Wants to Rein in Silicon Valley, from Brussels by agorabinary on Monday August 06, 2018 @09:08AM (#17697206)

You can't regulate corruption, by definition

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Re:Macron Wants to Rein in Silicon Valley, from Brussels by genericid on Tuesday August 07, 2018 @02:03PM (#17708960)

Making it illegal still reduces it.

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Re:Macron Wants to Rein in Silicon Valley, from Brussels by baud147258 on Monday August 06, 2018 @12:19PM (#17698985)

But you can buy newspapers and use them in support of a candidate.

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Re:Macron Wants to Rein in Silicon Valley, from Brussels by jen20 on Monday August 06, 2018 @10:16AM (#17697729)

Jacob Rees-Mogg and co would not agree with you.

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Re:Macron Wants to Rein in Silicon Valley, from Brussels by ameister14 on Monday August 06, 2018 @09:29AM (#17697343)

Really? Isn't Spain in Europe?

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Re:Macron Wants to Rein in Silicon Valley, from Brussels by afsina on Monday August 06, 2018 @09:10AM (#17697226)

You have too much fate on politicians and government regulations.

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Re:Macron Wants to Rein in Silicon Valley, from Brussels by geff82 on Monday August 06, 2018 @09:05AM (#17697184)

Those words are essentially saying that France (and Europe) want to stop competing. Macrons words might put some inconvenience on Google et al. but the result will be that the US as a place to be for companies becomes even stronger.

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Re:Macron Wants to Rein in Silicon Valley, from Brussels by mkirklions on Monday August 06, 2018 @09:28AM (#17697330)

I am not saying this.

I'm saying that as we have seen again and again in history, money will influence politics.

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Re:Macron Wants to Rein in Silicon Valley, from Brussels by geff82 on Monday August 06, 2018 @09:40AM (#17697403)

I did not mean you but Macron/the article

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