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Re:GitHub shuts off access to Aurelia repository, citing tra... by RegnisGnaw on Thursday March 19, 2020 @02:56PM (#22630480)
Do you think as the EU and PRC grows politically and economically, they will start throwing around similar sanction requirements as the USA? Will GitHub be forced to obey those as well?
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Re:GitHub shuts off access to Aurelia repository, citing tra... by qaq on Thursday March 19, 2020 @07:35PM (#22632930)
RPC already does it from forcing brands to remove Taiwan from list of countries on their sites to having Hollywood alter things they don't like in movies.
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Re:GitHub shuts off access to Aurelia repository, citing tra... by johannes1234321 on Thursday March 19, 2020 @03:37PM (#22630845)
GitHub hast to follow EU legislation already - see GDPR for a famous one.
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Re:GitHub shuts off access to Aurelia repository, citing tra... by ljm on Thursday March 19, 2020 @03:17PM (#22630663)
The EU has GDPR which has a provision against making automated decisions, which has been outlined by the UK as such: https://ico.org.uk/for-organisations/guide-to-data-protectio...
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