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Written by Ricardo Martín on 2025-01-18 at 06:15

Here is a helpful analogy:

Europe (EU) has stricter food regulations than the United States for a good reason, so it's logical to start applying the same level of caution with some US internet services and platforms.

After all, just because the US pesticide industry's lobby deems Atrazine safe for Americans, it doesn't mean that Europe should buy and consume US corn treated with this herbicide.

If Google, Meta, X, et al, want to continue spreading hate and misinformation, avoid fact-checking, and treating their services with "pesticides", well, they can do it somewhere else ... or comply.

Fun fact: Atrazine is currently banned in ~44 countries.

[#]eu #europe #gdpr #factchecking #google #meta #facebook #x

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Written by Xeno Danger Evil on 2025-01-18 at 08:00

@ricardo which is why I shut down my linode instance and spun one up in France! It isn't more expensive. Just a bit of a hassle, only took a few actual hours and some knob twiddling

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Written by Alexandro Lacadena 📷 on 2025-01-20 at 16:22

@ricardo absolutely... We should proceed that way, but it looks impossible doing so with how the politicians are turning into

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Written by Ricardo Martín on 2025-01-20 at 17:42

@petaqui Ironically, advocating for more transparency in the EU could make it harder for lobbies to get their way with ethically questionable politicians.

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