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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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