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Re:Google proposes changes to Chromium which would disable u... by masonic on Tuesday January 22, 2019 @08:54PM (#18974962) 

  there is no regulatory body that is able or willing to step in
What regulatory bodies have legal standing to step in?
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Re:Google proposes changes to Chromium which would disable u... by ickwabe on Tuesday January 22, 2019 @09:11PM (#18975054)
The Federal Trade Commision has that legal standing even if they chose not to exercise it.
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Re:Google proposes changes to Chromium which would disable u... by LamaOfRuin on Tuesday January 22, 2019 @10:03PM (#18975287)
I'd say at least several hundred worldwide (because many of them can simply claim jurisdiction over whatever they want that enters the lives of their citizens). There are probably about a dozen that have the teeth to actually change Google's behaviour if they chose to.
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