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Re:EU Voice is the official ActivityPub microblogging platfo... by drstewart on Sunday November 06, 2022 @11:08AM (#33494043)
>the US is going to freak out about foreign influence

The irony of posing this as hysterical considering 99% of this thread is people saying "Good! The EU shouldn't be dependent on foreign influences!!"

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Re:EU Voice is the official ActivityPub microblogging platfo... by jacooper on Sunday November 06, 2022 @11:13AM (#33494098)
Well, he is asking why the EU is not trying to influence US tech.
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Re:EU Voice is the official ActivityPub microblogging platfo... by Ecstatify on Sunday November 06, 2022 @12:25PM (#33494938)
The Norwegian pension fund already owns roughly 1% of many of the large tech giants, not sure what percentage would cause the US to start freaking out, especially as the EU is a close ally.

Meta Platforms Inc 1.01%

Twitter 0.89%

Alphabet Inc 0.85%

Apple Inc 0.84%

Amazon.com Inc 0.81%

reference: https://www.nbim.no/en/the-fund/investments/#/2021/investmen...

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Re:EU Voice is the official ActivityPub microblogging platfo... by hef19898 on Sunday November 06, 2022 @01:55PM (#33495824)
That's very far from a controlling stake, by design if memory serves well regarding the Norwegian pension fund. Also, Norway is not part of the EU.
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