cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/53373602

The move by the EU comes after it watered down some environmental laws after blowback from business and the U.S. government.

Proposed changes to the GDPR would also allow Alphabet’s Google, Meta, OpenAI and other tech companies to use Europeans’ personal data to train their AI models.

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      4 months ago

      Europe has no ability to be independent. Not sure why they think they can write the rules.

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    4 months ago

    Europe is the USA’s bitch and every bit of news like this just reinforces that fact. You won’t hear very often about the US government caving to EU pressure.

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      4 months ago

      Sanction us already. Do something about what this cheating thief is doing.

      I bet they won’t. They needed the usa to get them out of fascism last time. Now what will they do? Nothing. Some union.

      I hope I’m proven wrong.