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- Comment on 4chan and Kiwi Farms Sue the UK Over its Age Verification Law 2 days ago:
Apple was forced to follow EU regulations … so the EU can tell a foreign company
Apple isn’t a foreign company. Their EU headquarters are in Cork:
www.apple.com/careers/us/…/cork.html
They also have offices in Munich, Prague, Copenhagen, Paris, Berlin, Stuttgart, Barcelona and Stockholm:
- Comment on 4chan and Kiwi Farms Sue the UK Over its Age Verification Law 2 days ago:
thus must be bound to those laws
This wrong.
- Comment on 4chan and Kiwi Farms Sue the UK Over its Age Verification Law 3 days ago:
they have an obligation(duty) to uphold British law
Let me get this straight, you’re claiming that non-UK citizens acting outside of the UK are subject to UK law?
how’s that hard to grasp
If you are claiming what it seems like you’re claiming then it’s not difficult to grasp, it’s just wrong.
- Comment on 4chan and Kiwi Farms Sue the UK Over its Age Verification Law 3 days ago:
the point was the UK is not the only one trying to do it
I don’t see any evidence of the EU trying to do with the GDPR what the UK is trying to do with the CPA.
they can totally enforce the fine by restricting those businesses from doing business within their territory until they comply
That’s sanctioning, not enforcing a fine.
And yes they can do that but that’s not what Ofcom is talking about. Ofcom have explicitly stated that foreign citizens have “duties” under UK law. The word “duty” has a very specific meaning in English law, in fact it’s really one of the most basic concepts. It means there is an obligation on someone and if that obligation is not fulfilled then courts have the power to take action.
Sanctioning a foreign citizen doesn’t imply an obligation. There can’t be an obligation because a foreign citizen, by definition, is not subject to English law. Ofcom is claiming that foreign citizens are subject to English law.
I don’t know how you could get it more wrong.
LOL
- Comment on 4chan and Kiwi Farms Sue the UK Over its Age Verification Law 3 days ago:
- Comment on 4chan and Kiwi Farms Sue the UK Over its Age Verification Law 3 days ago:
Fine companies in other countries
The EU has no power in “other” countries, by which I presume you mean non-EU countries. It’s not possible for the EU to fine companies in non-EU countries. They could issue a fine but they have no power to enforce or collect the fine. The non-EU companies can quite legally just laugh at the EU and give them the finger.
- Comment on 4chan and Kiwi Farms Sue the UK Over its Age Verification Law 3 days ago:
the GDPR does apply outside of the EU
What do you mean exactly? What do you mean by “apply”?
- Comment on 4chan and Kiwi Farms Sue the UK Over its Age Verification Law 3 days ago:
GDPR does this as well
I don’t understand what you’re referring to with the word “this”. What is it you believe the GDPR does as well?
- Comment on Created a lemmy community for Your Party 3 days ago:
Is it important?
Given that’s a British party and the participants will be mostly British and connecting from Britain, then yes.
Surely this is the strength of federation
I’m not sure what you think is a strength here. Just because you can create a community anywhere doesn’t mean it’s a good idea to ignore geography or jurisdiction.
- Comment on 4chan and Kiwi Farms Sue the UK Over its Age Verification Law 3 days ago:
Ofcom began investigating 4chan over alleged violations of the Online Safety Act in June. On August 13, it announced a provisional decision and stated that 4chan had “contravened its duties”
How on Earth did a UK government office determine that a foreign entity is subject to UK laws? On the surface, this seems like extreme ignorance and stupidity on the part of Ofcom. Shameful.
- Comment on Created a lemmy community for Your Party 4 days ago:
The Lemmy instance where you created this community isn’t British.
- Comment on Created a lemmy community for Your Party 4 days ago:
Host
Marvin
Location
Fort Rock Data Center 207 SW Columbia St. Bend, OR, USA
Services
Matrix Lemmy Mastodon PeerTube Jitsi CryptPad File Sharing
:-/
- Comment on Do you have a high street full of gambling shops breeding poverty and addiction? I have a way to fight back 1 week ago:
I have a way to fight back
No, they don’t.
- Comment on Jeremy Corbyn on Britain’s New Left-Wing Party 1 week ago:
he hasn’t got a chance
You mean the MP who’s been consistently voted in to his seat since 1983, over 40 years? Who was leader of the opposition and a contender for prime minister? Who’s now forming a whole new party together with a bunch of other MPs at a time when the party that got voted into power in a landslide in response to the last shit show of a goverment has shown themselves to be no different in kind to said shit show? That guy?
You wish he didn’t have a chance.
- Comment on The Brits who want to overthrow the state 1 week ago:
I disagree.
- Comment on The Brits who want to overthrow the state 1 week ago:
As it suggests, the Ukrainian Maidan was, well, in Ukraine.
The article’s comment wasn’t limited to any particular country.
- Comment on The Brits who want to overthrow the state 2 weeks ago:
We’ve experienced both street action and political violence, yes, and these are febrile times – but such things have never overthrown a government.
Uhh… might want to check out the Ukrainian maidan.
- Comment on UK aware of Israel’s ‘terror’ for over 20 years 2 weeks ago:
UK
aware ofhappily aids Israel’s ‘terror’ for over 20 yearsFTFY
- Comment on Police in England brace for disorder as far right promote anti-migrant protests 3 weeks ago:
The spread of disinformation and misinformation by individuals or groups can significantly contribute to community tensions and has real-world implications. We all have a responsibility in this respect
Except for politicians, the government and police officers who all can and do lie legally and with impunity.
- Comment on How a high-speed ocean chase led to an £18m cocaine seizure in Cornwall 4 weeks ago:
£18m cocaine seizure
Even taking their inevitable overestimate at face value, on a £4 billion annual market they’ve managed to seize 0.325%. They’ve achieved nothing. Prohibition doesn’t work.
- Comment on Pride rainbows taken off police cars after court ruling 5 weeks ago:
British police aren’t right wing.
LOL
- Comment on Pride rainbows taken off police cars after court ruling 5 weeks ago:
poor, defenseless, innocent women
Not doing yourself any favours with this kind of sarcastic comment.
Anyone who advocates for the disenfranchisement of trans people
I’ve never seen anybody argue that trans people should be denied the right to vote. Including in this article.
- Comment on Pride rainbows taken off police cars after court ruling 1 month ago:
Did you read it?
Yes.
She doesn’t think Trans people, a part of the LGBT community, exist.
The article makes no mention of whether she views trans people as existing. Again, you’re jumping to conclusions. And to be frank, you’re being ridiculous.
- Comment on Pride rainbows taken off police cars after court ruling 1 month ago:
You’ll never guess what the ‘T’ in LGBT stands for…
You’ll never guess what the ‘L’ in LGBT stands for…
She is actively seeking to drive a wedge between LGBT communities and the police
I don’t see how you can come to that conclusion given the article. You seem to be jumping to conclusions.
as well as trying to divide people in regards to LGBT issues
Again, I don’t see how you can come to that conclusion about her goals. The fact that she simply has a different opinion to others doesn’t imply a goal of dividing people. Dividing people may be a conseqeunce of her actions but that doesn’t imply it’s her goal.
She will happily cut off her nose to spite her face, if it means harming trans people.
Again, this is jumping to conclusions.
And being part of a community doesn’t make you immune from being against the community. … there’s homophobic/transphobic/biphobic people in the LGBT community
True but that doesn’t mean any particular person who is critical of one section of the community is necessarily against the whole community, that doesn’t follow.
there were Jews in Germany who hated Jews and happily supported Nazis
Firstly wow that took no time at all en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godwin's_law
Secondly, this is a false equivalence. Every example you’ve given is of a member of a community being against the whole community but in the case we’re discussing, a member of a community is critical of only part of the community, not the whole community.
- Comment on Pride rainbows taken off police cars after court ruling 1 month ago:
The “sides” are the LGBT community and those that hate them.
This is wrong. The person who took Northumbria Police to court was a lesbian and hence a member of the LGBT community. It doesn’t make sense for the “sides” to include the LGBT community.
You’re conflating the gender supporting (as oppose to gender critical) community and the LGBT community.
- Comment on BBC News - BBC senior staff told to 'step back' from duties following row 1 month ago:
Finding the actual records/videos is not trivial, which is why I’m asking if anyone has already done that and can provide links.
- Comment on Labour plans further Right to Buy restrictions 1 month ago:
Actions speak louder than words.
- Comment on BBC News - BBC senior staff told to 'step back' from duties following row 1 month ago:
we heard in the House the absolute shocking stories of the impact this has had on the Jewish community
Very curious what these stories were. Anyone have any links to how Bob Vylan’s set impacted the Jewish community?
- Comment on Why, just why? 1 month ago:
If you just click on the “More details” button your question is answered explicitly:
I believe that such provisions may inadvertently incentivise illegal migration, particularly via the English Channel.
- Comment on Angela Rayner: I’ve taken all sorts — but we won’t legalise cannabis 2 months ago:
There are a whole bunch of clinics. It’s not infeasible that an entire town has switched although probably unlikely, alas.
