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Re:Europe Needs Digital Public Spaces That Are Independently... by gambiting on Thursday April 27, 2023 @09:21AM (#35727689)
Are you.....under the impression that French laws apply in all of EU or something?
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Re:Europe Needs Digital Public Spaces That Are Independently... by hartator on Friday April 28, 2023 @09:20AM (#35740968)
It’s actually how the EU mostly work. Country members do still most of law and merge upstream. GDPR for example originated from the CNIL which is French. And contain things that restrict freedom of speech at an EU level. [1]

[1] https://www.reuters.com/article/eu-alphabet-privacy-idCNL5N2...

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Re:Europe Needs Digital Public Spaces That Are Independently... by gambiting on Friday April 28, 2023 @01:46PM (#35744661)
No it isn't. Not in the slightest sense, I have no idea where you're getting your info from, that's literally not how the EU lawmaking works.
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