Zuckerberg urges Trump to stop the EU from fining US tech companies
Comparing the bloc’s antitrust penalties to tariffs, the Meta boss argued that Brussels is “screwing with” American industry.
Alternatively, we, in the EU could just... Stop using Facebook, Instagram, X, TikTok or whatever being used to harvest our data?
Can Canada get on board with that too
Can the U.S. also.., oh goddamnit
I don't know, can it?
Really, governments should make and moderate their own social media services, the basic concept is a great communication medium for everything from like reporting potholes to promoting blood donation drives to quickly sharing updates during emergency weather situations etc., the kinds of basic citizen service stuff governments should be doing, but when profit notices creep in we get all this data harvesting and Skinner-box algorithmic manipulation that ruins things
Lmao, how would Trump ever do that?
If you want to sell your product/service in the EU, you comply with EU laws and if you don't comply you pay the fines. And if you continue to not comply your product/service will be banned and you will not be able to sell it legally anymore. And in case of a webservice like Facebook the site can get blocked real fast.
He’ll do what he already wants to do, drive a between the US and the EU by adding tariffs and just generally finding Europe’s weak points and sticking his finger in them til either the EU rolls back its laws, or he completely fractures the relationship. I’m guessing tech companies don’t want to fracture the relationship because they still want to be able to sell their shit there.
Maybe he'll try to annex the whole EU instead of just Greenland
I have a few tinfoil hat theories. You know, the kinda shit you come up with trying to plan for the worst.
One of them is that all these villainous world superpowers are going to get together and basically redraw the world. Eg: US will say they won't defend S. Korea, Taiwan, or Ukraine if they can get Canada and Greenland, that kinda shit.
And there's nothing to stop them
I'd say that's crazy and never going to happen, but looking at the past 10 years have taught me I have no idea what can happen and what can't.
I thought Facebook was an Irish company :')
If these companies aren't subject to EU fines then I don't see why they should be allowed to operate in the EU
This is why the moderation is changing. Similar story with Trump, Apple, xitter, and Elon. Lots of corners to cut and money to be made if you kiss his boots.
JD Vance has suggested that American support for NATO should be predicated on the European Union not regulating Elon Musk and his X social media platform, formerly known as Twitter.
Trump vowed last month not to let the EU "take advantage of our companies," saying Apple CEO Tim Cook had called him to complain about an EU antitrust fine and back-tax order. There may soon be more to complain about, as Apple is set to get the EU’s first fine for not complying with digital competition rules, Bloomberg reported.
https://www.politico.eu/article/donald-trump-elon-musk-x-tech-social-media-politics-elections-eu/
How exactly would Trump stop that? He doesn't even know.
Could someone tell him that Trump is not the president of the EU? Not our circus not our fascists.
Zuckerberg? I 'ardly know 'er!
Am I allowed to say that I trust US Big Tech Corps more than my government and my police officers? Meta still is more ethical (even with the DEI programs cutoff and all the rest) than some corrupt governments.
That is an insane proposition. You are trusting your elected officials less than a billionaire that sees you at best as a cow to milk. I cannot comprehend such a thought .