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Re:E.U.’S New Digital Czar: ‘Most Powerful Regulator of Big ... by ahartmetz on Wednesday September 11, 2019 @06:38AM (#20938485)
States regularly fail to reign in their own most powerful industries due to regulatory capture, so other states have to do it. It's better than nothing.
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Re:E.U.’S New Digital Czar: ‘Most Powerful Regulator of Big ... by mikl on Wednesday September 11, 2019 @06:42AM (#20938513)
EU is pretty captured, too. The copyright stuff that passed earlier this year is one massive boondoggle for the publishing industry.
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Re:E.U.’S New Digital Czar: ‘Most Powerful Regulator of Big ... by ahartmetz on Wednesday September 11, 2019 @06:45AM (#20938543)
Sure it is, but mostly by EU companies.
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