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jollybean
EU needs to fix it's tax loopholes before slapping companies with rules and sanctions.
jokethrowaway
I wonder when giant corporation will start taking the place of governments altogether.

Not that it makes much difference for us mortals

deeblering4
What do you mean when?
Nextgrid
Well large companies are already more powerful than governments in certain aspects. Google and Facebook (and plenty more I’m sure) blatantly ignore the GDPR for example - they only pretend to be compliant (annoying users in the process) but are very far from it in reality.
fleischhauf
This is from 2010 is there any information on if its still that bad and how its currently done?
[dead] Proven
It's not lost, it's gained because it's rescued from the wasteful hands of various bureaucrats.