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Re:US gov fires a warning shot at Nvidia by TerrifiedMouse on Tuesday December 05, 2023 @05:49AM (#38529282)
Worst case, the US government declares Nvidia a threat to national security, arrest its executives, and nationalize the whole company.
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Re:US gov fires a warning shot at Nvidia by HenryBemis on Tuesday December 05, 2023 @05:52AM (#38529299)
If I were every other tech company I would be pooping my pants. So if the US gov plays this with Nvidia, what does stop them to do the same for the information in X, FB, YT, and any other trove of information? Unless (as we now know from the Twitterfiles) the US gov already has their hands on the information of all the aforementioned.
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Re:US gov fires a warning shot at Nvidia by TerrifiedMouse on Tuesday December 05, 2023 @06:03AM (#38529397)
> what does stop them to do the same for the information in X, FB, YT, and any other trove of information?

Nothing. I believe all governments in theory have the power to do that in one way or another. Governments write and enforce the laws of their country.

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