• towerful@programming.dev
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    19 hours ago

    And it’s fine to continue to operate in the US.
    But if it doesn’t abide by EU laws then it can’t operate in the EU.

    America doesn’t set the worlds laws

    • DrSteveBrule@mander.xyz
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      5 hours ago

      I understand each government can have its own regulation about what websites should be accessible. I still don’t understand how Twitter operates in the EU. It’s a part of the world wide web. My understanding of how the internet works is that users reach out to the server, which in twitters case is in the US

    • iii@mander.xyz
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      9 hours ago

      In practice, we could sever the connection between EU internet and the rest of the internet.

      Maybe whitelist a set of ideas that are allowed to pass through the great eu firewall.

      • ℍ𝕂-𝟞𝟝@sopuli.xyz
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        9 hours ago

        Or maybe, just maybe, fine companies that commit criminal acts.

        There really is a fine line between turning into an authoritarian regime and doing basic police work, right?