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Painful day for tech titans as EU finally sinks its regulatory teeth into them (www.theguardian.com)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Lol sure. First of all "lobby" is a very transparent euphemism for "bribe". In second place the lack of proper rules in the US is creating behemoths that are very difficult to deal wIth. These companies are richer than nations and will be impossible to contain.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Home country politicians are easier to bribe. This creates sort of relativity of the same kind that prevents too large wars from happening.