> Whitehouse really really hates the idea that the EU can decide, not them, what is allowed
.. in the Netherlands. Where the EU and the Dutch government get to decide what happens. That's what national sovereignty means.
> Whitehouse really really hates the idea that the EU can decide, not them, what is allowed
.. in the Netherlands. Where the EU and the Dutch government get to decide what happens. That's what national sovereignty means.
I would read the links in the article. The problem is that social media companies worked with civil servants in European countries to remove posts being made people outside Europe. This also happened in the UK where there were parts of the government that were able to make requests directly to social media companies to remove posts on their platform, regardless of where the poster was from.
For obvious reasons, the linked article does not explain that fully.
It is kind of weird to see the turnaround on here from people who complain about the US government being too powerful but, for some reason, are quite okay with an unelected EU bureaucrat being able to govern their internet usage. There are no principles at play here.
Honestly, rather a "unelected EU bureaucrat" (What does this even mean? Are we going to individually elect the entire civil service, or require elected officials to delegate nothing and personally review every decision?) than an American tech-bro governing my internet usage.
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Posts being distributed to people in the Netherlands that is.
Magic mushroom truffles are decriminalized here in NL, you can sell them openly in shops. Doesn't mean you won't get in trouble if you send them to the US.
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