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Comment by joe_mamba

1 day ago

EU had more money than China yet shipped fewer dominant software platforms

China doesn't allow foreign social media on their territory at all. US had one for a short time, then panicked and forced them to sell. EU can neither buy American platforms, nor does it want to build a great firewall of Europe, so it's trying to find other ways to get in control

  • > nor does it want to build a great firewall of Europe

    Oh yes they are. Just more stealthily via ID doxing age verification and speech censorship regulations.

    • That's a huge stretch. Age verification is a worrying, but a wordwide trend, several US states introduced it as well.

      The first country to introduce it was Australia, which is only related to Europe by participating in Eurovision

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