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Re:France and Germany Agree to Block Facebook's Libra by ClumsyPilot on Saturday September 14, 2019 @09:15PM (#20974947)
You could argue democracy is in danger for small countries.

Large multinationals have more power than those governments. It does not matter how their electorate votes.

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Re:France and Germany Agree to Block Facebook's Libra by Can_Not on Sunday September 15, 2019 @10:40AM (#20977396)
There is already examples of large multinationals (including Amazon) bullying and overriding democratic municipalities in the US.
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