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

• 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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      • bernieecclestoned@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        The Brussels effect is a book.

        Are you saying the lawyer who specialises in data and privacy is wrong?

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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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      • bernieecclestoned@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        I’m not… Just replying to EU supremacists who think their laws rule the world, they don’t.

        And who haven’t read the fucking article which clearly says other EU countries have tried taking them to court, so the fucking moron who said it wouldn’t have happened if the UK hadn’t left the EU is clearly talking shite, as are all the other fucking morons

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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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