Comment on Surprise EU rollback of 'GDPR' digital-rights rules prompts alarm

• Alphane_Moon@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Sure, but he is not an oligarch.

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  • sem@piefed.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    How so? I thought the definition is member of a group of wealthy individuals wielding sovereign power. Which he seems to meet fine, unless he’s the only wealthy individual in the ccp

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    • Alphane_Moon@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      member of a group of wealthy individuals wielding sovereign power

      This doesn’t seem right. Russian oligarchs do not wield sovereign power, yet they are still oligarchs.

      They wield power, but the term sovereign doesn’t seem appropriate.

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