Comment on An AI firm harvested billions of photos without consent. Britain is powerless to act

Granixo@feddit.cl ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

• bernieecclestoned@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  How would that affect a US company?

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  • alienanimals@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    The EU has enough power to actually stand up to US companies. See: barrons.com/…/eu-bans-meta-s-use-of-personal-data…

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    • bernieecclestoned@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Yes in the EU. Fuck all out if it. This company was not operating in Europe. The internet isn’t in Europe

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      • ChairmanMeow@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        EU laws apply to EU citizens, even on the internet. EU laws therefore tend to have surprisingly global effects, often called the ‘Brussels Effect’.

        A US company harvesting data from EU citizens is subject to EU laws and can be fined for breaking them accordingly, for example.

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      • ComradeWeebelo@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Why are you white knighting for big US companies? They don’t even know who you are outside of a personal identification number.

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      • Honytawk@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        No, but the internet in Europe is regulated by the EU. If that company wants to use it, they will be subjected to its laws or they will be blocked and fined.

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