Lol, the Audacity to complain about “extraterritorial regulations that stifle their innovation”
Those morons should be banned until they comply and pay up or fined much much more the next time, for them thinking they stand above the laws of foreign sovereign states.Trump might be capable of a brief hog-trot, but I can’t imagine him swooping.
We should get rid of them and push forward Europeans media platforms.
Yes!
We are on the fediverse. That should suffice.
he typed while receiving a notification from his family WhatsApp group
EDIT: i was talking to where I responded but it applies to most was my broader message
Are you talking about @PotatoLibre@feddit.it?
Ah ah, not talking about this place! It’s a small community.
I’m talking about Fb, Insta, Twitter and so on, not cause I’m directly interested, but because we can’t trust them and they have a huge influence.
Big Tech being caught with their hand in the cookie jar: Daddy Trump please bully the EU, they are mean to us!!!
Ban meta and co in Europe!
I hate that WhatsApp was so great and became the standard messenger, only to get swallowed up and steal all your data for the big Zuck.
They should force all large communication platforms to offer federation.
I must use Whatsapp, since everyone else is using it. Our company must use teams since customers are using it.
Signal is a good alternative.
It’s all I use! High five!
Did you see Zuck on Rogaine saying that "The CIA have access to whatsapp, even with the encryption’? Nice subtle way to say the Trump administration has access to every single Whatsapp message, profile and call history in the world. Likely all of their platforms realistically.
No, but it makes sense. He’s recently been a Trumpist, anti-DEI, anti-feminist weirdo.
Bro, Europe isn’t an autocracy. What is it you actually want?
No, but we absolutely should. Still, unilaterally.
Given his notable track record, if I were a Big Tech company, I would hope that he refrains from exercising his self-proclaimed “art of the deal” for fear of potential bankruptcy.
LOL
Unless I’m missing something, the EU+ BRICS “has all the cards.”
Well, the R in BRICS makes it even more toxic than the US.
I’m not so sure of that.
Why you are not sure about that? Honest question. What do you see positive in Russia considering its current threads towards EU members states, towards the continuous bombardo of civil buildings in Ukraine?
I never said any of that. I’m not sure at all Russia is less toxic than the US, especially right now. I think the US promised Russia no NATO creep toward their borders, and did exactly that. I think US toxicity and meddling has a lot to do with the position Ukraine finds itself in, currently.
But there was an agreement, which was signed even by Russia that, when Ukraine gives up their nukes, Russia will NOT attack Ukraine. Ukraine gave up their nukes, and we see the fruits of this. I also do not think that all the history around NATO is the main reason for Russias war against Ukraine. Already several times it was said that Putin wants to rebuild the Soviet power, just this time run by Russia and not the Soviet Union. Otherwise I do not understand why they are threatening to attack the Baltic states or Poland, which joined at a time when there was even no discussion about NATO thread or warnings from Russia. As said, this fits well in recreating the previous Russian influence with its satellite states than in any made up reason concerning the NATO.
Ostensibly, Russians in Ukraine were being treated very badly. I don’t have access to the Intel in that region, so I can’t really say. Hence, “I’m not sure.” I feel very badly for everyone in the region, and looking at history, and USA meddling, destabilizing countries and regions to maintain economic hegemony, so which is more toxic is hard to say. That’s all I said. Anything else is reading a whole other narrative into it.
You mean like the Ukrainians in Butcha or the many Ukrainian children kidnapped by Russians? It is that way that Russians were treated in Ukraine? I never heard about it, but perhaps RT has made a (pseudo-)documentary with paid actors out of it.
I have known few Russians, and in my experience, they often move to a new country with little intention to integrate (we had and have still parallel societies with Russians in Europe). It is also of no surprise to me that the Russians in the Baltic countries and Ukraine (and also in some other European countries) have little intention to learn the language of the country, which is driven by nationalism, dominance, and pride.
If you think what Trump says about Greenland is bad, you should hear what Russia keeps saying about the baltics and Poland.
Russia is not being particularly secretive in their plans for a war with the EU.
Russia will get their ass handed to them if they try taking on NATO, even without the US involved. The Ukraine invasion has made it very clear how degraded their capabilities are, and even more, how primitive their tactics are. And Russia’s fleet in the Baltic can’t do shit because of the Swedes and Finns joining NATO, and because Ukraine sunk most of the fleet using drones. Building warships is a long lead-time activity.
And as for Poland, Germany will not tolerate that. And the Poles are a far more powerful state than Ukraine, and hate the Russians even more, if that’s even possible.
That’s still no reason for us to give them money. We can’t negotiate with the BRICS as BRICS because every cent we give to Russia is a cent that Russia will use to to buy things to fire at us.
They can’t win a war, but the way their regime is set they need to fight a war. And while they can’t win they can ruin many lives in losing.
Ah American exceptionalism. Because P2025 would never, ever do such a thing.
Djt is a puppet, dancing to the strings pulled by his puppet masters. He’s irrelevant, but as the curtain surrounding the wizards.
This is comparing Cyanide and Sarin
On Wednesday the first penalties came down under the act: €500 million against Apple and €200 million against Meta, along with significant requirements for both companies to change their business practices.
Note that these were the first penalties. More are likely. Not everything has been judged yet.
They can whine or call for their puppy or whatever, but it does not change their wrongdoings of the past.
Even if the EU would change their laws again NOW, it would not count for the past.
