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0 pointsmc324y ago0 comments

Perhaps if more counties required corps to house their citizens’ data locally, they would be better served.

The EU is requiring this, though it EU wide, Russia, and China when it allows them to operate at all.

Coca-cola needs to follow local laws, so why should Facebook or Google etc. be exempt?

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Because information isn't a rival or exclusive product like soft drinks or precious metals. What you're advocating for is a Splinter-net/Great Firewall.

cma4y ago

Shouldn't each country in the world be forced through network effects to export 30% of its purely local taxi revenue to the US (Uber's end game)?

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