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Thanks for proving my point. "Don't criticise US spying, and I'll threaten you with ban if you do."

Not a single rule was violated in the post above. Looks like hackernews needs more responsible moderators.

Critcism of US spying is not "starting a flame war".

Please refrain from interfering with healthy discussion.

US cloud companies can be forced by the US government to spy on European citizens. That's the reasoning behind this ruling. Are you not aware of the NSA spying programs?

American cloud companies spy on European citizens on behalf of American government. This is illegal under European law.

If you don't like it then take your business elsewhere.

This is rich coming from America.

America engages at global level surveillance. American corporations can be coerced with a single national security level to spy on their customers. Ergo they are untrustworthy and should not be used.