Comment on 4chan refuses to pay UK Online Safety Act fines, asks Trump admin to intervene
LainTrain@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 day ago
This is the best thing for everyone.
If Trump intervenes: Trump is forced to either acknowledge 4chan and potentially even be positive of it
If Trump intervenes: UK is forced to weaken the OSA
If Trump backs down: He looks weak, UK gets EU a win against American corpos
brsrklf@jlai.lu 1 day ago
UK gets EU nothing, UK has left EU.
And the way their politics have gone to shit with mass surveillance and powerful lobbying from anti-LGBT groups, I prefer them not being represented in EU anymore.
LainTrain@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 day ago
It’s a win by non-Chinese western governments against American tech oligarchy’s desire to be above the law. Which makes it a win for the EU.
Yes UK politics are fucked. Rest of Europe catching up as well. But I don’t envision a scenario where this clash between various bastards is anything but a win for anyone who isn’t a bastard.