▲ 112 ▼ Chat Control 1.0 passed the European Parliament — through the back door (www.euronews.com) submitted 1 month ago by CityPop@lemmy.today to c/world@quokk.au 11 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] VeryInterestingTable@jlai.lu 15 points 1 month ago (2 children) Her husband... That group is ... Yup from the USA. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] kboy101222@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 month ago (1 child) Wait but why would a cruise line care about this? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] VeryInterestingTable@jlai.lu 3 points 1 month ago They wouldn't but since they pay taxes in the USA they would be susceptible to pressure. Let's say, tax increase threat on cruise group, cruise group ask lobbyist for service, lobbyist ask wife for service. Tax threat on cruise company lifted. Cruise group happy, lobbyist and wife happy because they get a nice package for their service. You can see how interests can be exploited. It's not impossible that it happenned. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] kboy101222@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 month ago (1 child) Wait but why would a cruise line care about this? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] VeryInterestingTable@jlai.lu 3 points 1 month ago They wouldn't but since they pay taxes in the USA they would be susceptible to pressure. Let's say, tax increase threat on cruise group, cruise group ask lobbyist for service, lobbyist ask wife for service. Tax threat on cruise company lifted. Cruise group happy, lobbyist and wife happy because they get a nice package for their service. You can see how interests can be exploited. It's not impossible that it happenned. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] VeryInterestingTable@jlai.lu 3 points 1 month ago They wouldn't but since they pay taxes in the USA they would be susceptible to pressure. Let's say, tax increase threat on cruise group, cruise group ask lobbyist for service, lobbyist ask wife for service. Tax threat on cruise company lifted. Cruise group happy, lobbyist and wife happy because they get a nice package for their service. You can see how interests can be exploited. It's not impossible that it happenned. permalink fedilink source parent
