>A number of high-profile US news websites are temporarily unavailable in Europe after new European Union rules on data protection came into effect. >The Chicago Tribune and LA Times were among those posting messages saying they were currently unavailable in most European countries. >The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) gives EU citizens more rights over how their information is used.
Some websites, like NPR, have provided text-only versions of their sites with no botnet tracking.
>this shithole You're literally going to cause the collapse of the EU if your new government actually does what it says it will Our politicians are seething over italy rn and calling you a failure of a state
Pretty sure though that the major merchants and leakers of personal data (goybook, yahoo, google, etc) are still available in Europe.
Parker Morris
>You're literally going to cause the collapse of the EU if your new government actually does what it says it will Don't worry Hans, nothing will happen
Christian Lee
They are, but they have to abide to the GDPR if they want to operate here
Christian Kelly
Yeah new elections in 12 months max
Dominic Ward
That if they actually try to do something, but I'm doubtful
Liam Diaz
>You're literally going to cause the collapse of the EU if your new government actually does what it says it will >Implying Italian politicians can get anything done I wouldn't be too worried if I were you
so the GDPR is in reality an e-trade war against the burgers why are yuropoors such hypocrites?
Mason Thompson
Worth it tbqh
Michael White
The information war between EU and US has begun with the Burger election and is not going to end anytime soon. It's not about protecting our data from companies It's about protecting our data from murishart companies
>It's about protecting our data from murishart companies why not from european companies too then?
Christopher Howard
nice now i pretty much know what every site is getting from me and who it is trading it with they try to hide it with lawyer speak in the middle of their EULAs but i have patience thank you EU i've stopped using a ton of sites
Angel Cruz
>they try to hide it with lawyer speak in the middle of their EULAs but i have patience I heard that by EU regulations you don't even have to read the EULA. They're too long and it's expected you won't read it, so if they hide something fraudulent in it they're going to be punished anyway
Joshua Gomez
The law affects everyone It's just that it's mostly american companies that buy the collected data and use them to "improve" their "services"
Noah Cruz
Obrigado EUropa
Lucas Richardson
>It's just that it's mostly american companies that buy the collected data and use them to "improve" their "services" :^)
Carter Baker
well my warning about new EU laws and they asked me if i agree and gave me a new EULA and the section about how they gather my information/what information and how they plan to use it was in the middle of the EULA
Owen Hernandez
also they had the exact names of the exact companies that they were selling my information to some super shady names so i declined and stopped using that site
Lucas Fisher
News flash: our economy suicided 10 years ago
Alexander Thompson
Maybe in terronia
Connor James
>stopping with the EU bullshit will kill our economy Explain how reverting back to a weaker currency will damage an industrial export based economy any more than being in the same currency area as Germany
Angel Mitchell
I'm sure all the run down industrial plants from companies that had to close down here in the province of Lecco are merely Lega's propaganda
Cooper King
>taxes on export >banks collapse >industries funded by banks collapse >rampant inflation The "evil Germans" would just come in and buy all our companies thanks to a now devalued currency, great job
Charles Clark
>companies close because of muh euro
Zachary Moore
Fuck amerishart mutts, if I have the power In would kill them all.
Thanks EU for the 60+ privacy notice update emails that I didn't read
Evan Bennett
>taxes on export Those have nothing to do with the euro >banks collapse Not if the state gives them enough money (which it can now print on its own) >industries funded by banks collapse See previous point >rampant inflation That's actually a good thing since it stimulates internal demand, and there is no direct empirical link between circulating liquidity and inflation despite the monetarist dogma >The "evil Germans" would just come in and buy all our companies thanks to a now devalued currency, great job They already did thanks to euro and the past banking crises
>Those have nothing to do with the euro So you think they wouldn't just throw us out of the Union? They would just let us do what we want without moving a finger? You're deluded lmao >Not if the state gives them enough money (which it can now print on its own) Adding to an already huge public debt, great move. I don't see how this could go wrong, especially considering our terribly inefficient, wasteful and corrupt public sector. Banks would collapse since everyone would try to get their money out and speculate on the weak currency. Also why would they accept such a weak currency? If I owned a shop I would only accept euros. >That's actually a good thing since it stimulates internal demand, and there is no direct empirical link between circulating liquidity and inflation despite the monetarist dogma Yeah, tell that to Venezuela. Do you need to be reminded that we have to buy oil to fuel our energy industry? How would you do that with a devalued currency? >They already did thanks to euro and the past banking crises Then what companies are you even trying to save in the first point?
Thank god the average citizen doesn't get to decide on these things
Gabriel Rodriguez
Mhm, maybe because we have one of the highest levels of taxation in the world?
Henry King
>rampant inflation due to excessive money printing to fuel banks will be a good thing
>So you think they wouldn't just throw us out of the Union? They would just let us do what we want without moving a finger? You're deluded lmao So, you actually think that Germany and France would sanction the third largest EU economy and one of their biggest trading partners? Get real >Adding to an already huge public debt, great move. Public debt is not a problem, as long as you can set the interest rate and can print money. Or are you one of those retards that believes that Japan is going the way of Greece? Also,cl capital control is a thing, and since in your scenario we are getting kicked out of the UE, we can enact them without any problem (but you can implement them even while staying in, Greece did) >Also why would they accept such a weak currency? If I owned a shop I would only accept euros. Because you cannot refute payment in legal tender >Yeah, tell that to Venezuela. I don't remember Italy being a barely industrialised country whose economy relies on exports of a price volatile commodity, try finding a more fitting example please >Then what companies are you even trying to save in the first point? The ones that Germans didn't buy up because they weren't interesting to them >Thank god the average citizen doesn't get to decide on these things Thank god they voted in people that think like that though
Sebastian Gutierrez
>what is the Philips curve
Liam Turner
>So, you actually think that Germany and France would sanction the third largest EU economy and one of their biggest trading partners? Get real You're stuck in the mental state of both "we are weak and they're profiting over us" and "we are strong and they should fear us". The EU can win a trade war with the USA; Italy with a meme currency is nothing in comparison >Public debt is not a problem, as long as you can set the interest rate and can print money. Or are you one of those retards that believes that Japan is going the way of Greece? Also,cl capital control is a thing, and since in your scenario we are getting kicked out of the UE, we can enact them without any problem (but you can implement them even while staying in, Greece did) Japan has one of the strongest economies, and incredibly stable country and high productivity. We would end up more like Venezuela >Because you cannot refute payment in legal tender So they would just do it illegally. It's Italy >I don't remember Italy being a barely industrialised country whose economy relies on exports of a price volatile commodity, try finding a more fitting example please Half the country has the GDP of Bulgaria. The reason of the crisis was oil, not what followed (mass devaluation, rampant inflation et cetera) >The ones that Germans didn't buy up because they weren't interesting to them Lmao >Thank god they voted in people that think like that though Like the same guys that said "leaving the Euro is no longer a priority" or the guys that said "the EU is our home"?
Noah Reyes
An economy term you've read about on some internet blog, misunderstood completely and now use to promote Zimbabwe as an example of a healthy approach to currency.
Carter Wilson
>The EU can win a trade war with the USA; Italy with a meme currency is nothing in comparison Are you baiting? Do you realize what's the trade imbalance between the USA and the EU? If Americans start levying tariffs on European goods like they are hinting to, everyone in the EU is fucked >we would end up like Venezuela because Sicily is poor and we are untermenschen Try making an actual argument please
Owen Walker
>Italy trying to commit a USSR You do realize that USSR and ex-USSR shits didn't do well when they did what you suggested? Doing what that Italian say will throw Italy to a shitty level of Poland, Russia or even Ukraine in terms of living compared to the current state? And by that I mean that your income will lower while your spendings will keep rising. Also, how do you expect that your incompetent politicians, who can't fix economy or make good deals now, will do it after Itexit? It's a UK-tier idiocy, but even worse since you don't even have your own national currency.
Jason Stewart
>Are you baiting? Do you realize what's the trade imbalance between the USA and the EU? If Americans start levying tariffs on European goods like they are hinting to, everyone in the EU is fucked Lol, we already did it in the past. 2003, sanctions on European steel by the Bush administration, who do you think won? >Try making an actual argument please It's not a secret the south is underdeveloped dude. Do you really think we are on par with Japan?
You shouldn't have to copy anything if you're not collecting users' data to sell them. So if you copy-pasted shit, you deserve it for being a data kike.
Luke Rogers
I can't wait for eye tracking to become standard so they make it mandatory for people to actually read all that shit.
Ryder Gutierrez
>It's a UK-tier idiocy, but even worse since you don't even have your own national currency. It's also worst since they have a history of being terrible with money.
Hunter Wright
When will you people understand that it's never about what you don't do with the data. It's about how you phrase what you do not do with the data. I don't sell data, I do not give away data, but I still need to have a wall of text to protect me from lawyer filth.
Andrew Clark
You can't be sued, just reported to the regulator.
Justin Ross
That's what you'd think, but lawyers found associations for that kind of shit. They do not sue you for that mistake, they do it for "having an unfair advantage on your competition" by not phrasing it right.
Parker White
Google Translate just started pushing this notification. Thanks, EU!
