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[–] 47 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Actually, you're right.

If we consider this normal, it would totally be acceptable for Europe to demand a ban or sale of American spying and propaganda tools social media and streaming platforms. Either way, it would reduce the harm they could do - and in the case of a sale, they'd actually have to adhere to consumer friendly laws.

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    I wish we would, but on the other hand, not being a totalitarian regime is kind of the reason why it's better here. Damned if you you, damned if you don't.

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    Protecting citizens' interests is not totalitarian.

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    If it was about protecting citizens interests, PRISM would have been declared illegal and disbanded, not hushed and expanded.

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    Read the whole comment chain again. The other guy said 'it should be ok for Europeans to ban US social media'. I said 'do it'. And they then replied about totalitarianism.

    So the mention of PRISM confused me because I was talking about EU countries banning facebook and Instagram to protect their citizens.

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