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6·2 days agoThanks. That graphic is great.
Thanks, that helped a lot… I didn’t even consider many smaller kingdoms. Don’t know why.
Since Italy became a country in 1861, there has been a surefire way to know who is and isn’t an Italian citizen: look at their parents.
🤔🥴 Somebody is going to have to explain that first sentence to me…
I know there was an “Italian Kingdom” around that time, did that change it’s status from something to a country?
32·3 days agoIt really throws a light on the shit that they’re up to over this side of the Atlantic.
https://www.irishtimes.com/technology/big-tech/2025/10/30/data-protection-rules-completely-out-of-control-meta-tells-government/ https://archive.is/M8wbm
https://noyb.eu/en/former-meta-lobbyist-named-dpc-commissioner-meta-now-officially-regulates-itself
Meta has engaged in significant lobbying activities within the European Union regarding privacy and content regulations, often overlapping with discussions on “chat control” (a controversial EU proposal to scan private messages for child sexual abuse material, or CSAM).
Key developments regarding Meta’s influence in the EU, based on recent reports, include:
Lobbying on AI and Tech Regulation: As of April 2025, reports suggest Meta has been actively lobbying to influence or dilute EU artificial intelligence and technology regulations.
Influence on Digital Privacy Legislation: Meta and other “Big Tech” entities have been subject to intense scrutiny and lobbying investigations concerning how they affect European privacy laws, including GDPR compliance and potential chat control measures.
Regulatory Independence Concerns: Civil society organizations (including the Centre for Countering Digital Hate and EDRi) have raised concerns about the influence of former Meta lobbyists on EU regulators, notably the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC), which is the lead supervisor for Meta in the EU.
Antitrust and Competition Conflicts: In February 2026, the European Commission notified Meta of a statement of objections regarding the exclusion of third-party AI assistants from WhatsApp, viewing this as an abuse of its dominant position. This indicates that while Meta lobbies, it is also facing heavy EU regulatory action.
Data Protection Fines: Meta has previously faced substantial fines, such as the €1.3 billion fine in 2023 linked to US-EU data transfer practices.
The “chat control” legislation has faced delays and significant debate regarding its impact on privacy vs. security, with civil liberties groups opposing the mandatory scanning mechanisms that the proposal would introduce.
Why did they call you? Are you the king of the jerks?
8·5 days agoHow many of Irans ‘leaders’ were got in the terrorist attacks? If that were reciprocated I wonder if the world would blink.
18·7 days agoThey should fly him over on to one of them and meet him show everyone what he means.
Yeah, I must have deleted the other links when I was adding in the quote by mistake. It was more to point out that he is sticking to it, and the link to the UN site was to refer to the main link on the BBC site and also the Guardian link (now added back in) but I messed it up trying out another Lemmy app. I am now back on PC and Raccoon.
2·12 days agoWhy, thank you very much 🫡☺️
There are plenty others that I just can’t think of. I’ve a memory a bit like a fishes.
Landman is decent too.
Hopefully the beginning of the end of such a scumtastic company.
The warnings were there with many people trying to prevent it happening, but it was ignored enough to become what we have today. Globally.
Detectorists - when you want to completely relax.
Mr. Inbetween - I believe the less you know before watching it, the better. Just turn it on.
Reservation dogs - also very relaxed.
2·12 days agoI knew it was Australia, didn’t realise that there was such a monopoly. Still possible, just makes it harder. Are there stores that aren’t part of any chain? They’re dying out here, usually the owners have signed up to a franchise.
It’s unlikely to happen anyway, but there should be a way that we can universally stop greed.
Boycott the stores that use them, it might help them change their mind behind they become the norm.
I’m not the OP, but thanks for that. It’s something that I’m interested in.
The EU commission are being heavily lobbied by the big tech, as they already have the sway that they need in the US.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/technology/europe-big-tech.html
Whether or not that’s the main reason that there has been a change in the wind for many politicians about our privacy and data, or whether or not they have seen other monetary gains from it is unknown. But there are many, many articles covering the lobbying and the push against GDPR etc.
The digital rights movement itself was enormous throughout the campaign, but these were all big players too.
Have you read the article? Why would they need to rollback to a previous ruling in the first place?
I’ll leave that one with you and expect to hear the loud clang when the penny drops.
- Hint: look up weak spot exploitation.
Pity it took Grok making child porn before they left it.
Has ever actually ‘negotiated’ anything? Even before he was the American president.
Or has he always just threatened using his position as leverage?