Comment on An AI firm harvested billions of photos without consent. Britain is powerless to act
Granixo@feddit.cl 11 months ago
Maybe they shouldn’t have left the EU.
Comment on An AI firm harvested billions of photos without consent. Britain is powerless to act
Granixo@feddit.cl 11 months ago
Maybe they shouldn’t have left the EU.
bernieecclestoned@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
How would that affect a US company?
alienanimals@lemmy.world 11 months ago
The EU has enough power to actually stand up to US companies. See: barrons.com/…/eu-bans-meta-s-use-of-personal-data…
bernieecclestoned@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
Yes in the EU. Fuck all out if it. This company was not operating in Europe. The internet isn’t in Europe
ChairmanMeow@programming.dev 11 months 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.
ComradeWeebelo@lemm.ee 11 months ago
Why are you white knighting for big US companies? They don’t even know who you are outside of a personal identification number.
Honytawk@lemmy.zip 11 months 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.