Brussels to push ahead with enforcing digital rules on Big Tech groups but with low financial penalties for breaches
    • gon [he]@lemm.eeEnglish
      364·
      3 days ago

      Nobody cares about Trump’s feelings; but the EU should care about the very real consequences of a trade war on its citizens, as well as the citizens of the US. This stuff has consequences beyond one guy’s feelings.

      Agreed that they’re cowards, though.

          • jmcs@discuss.tchncs.de
            141·
            3 days ago

            What are you protecting if the American companies destroy their European competitors, and break Europe into small irrelevant pieces in the process? You are just postponing the issues and making them much worse in the long term. Appeasement is never the right strategy when the other side’s goal is to destroy you.

            • gon [he]@lemm.eeEnglish
              64·
              3 days ago

              Appeasement is never the right strategy when the other side’s goal is to destroy you.

              You’re an international policy expert? Lemmy really does have every sort of person!

              Look, I don’t like that the EU is going easy on monopolies, and I don’t like the appeasement strategy either. I was just pointing out that this isn’t about Trump’s “feelings,” but rather the well-being of everyone who is affected by these policies.

  • molten@lemmy.world
    311·
    3 days ago

    As an American: fuck the US. Tax and fine the shit out of us. I’ll go hungry for a bit if it means real consequences for these pieces of shit.

    • sunzu2@thebrainbin.org
      51·
      3 days ago

      I’ll go hungry for a bit if it means real consequences for these pieces of shit.

      I don’t get this logic… EU is not taxing you lol

      • molten@lemmy.world
        2·
        3 days ago

        Sorry. I read it like taxes on incoming American goods. From the US to EU. That would affect the economy of US based business and make things holistically worse by some amount for the business and would affect workers. Cuts, layoffs, etc…

        Correct me where I’m wrong though. I make assumptions a lot and skim a lot more these days with all the news but I always like to be more informed.

        • Soup@lemmy.world
          3·
          2 days ago

          Your comment made sense, the other person just didn’t seem able to make some very easy jumps(and then they sorta did but acted like it was their idea).

        • sunzu2@thebrainbin.org
          21·
          3 days ago

          You are repeatinf regime talking points.

          if American business loses even 1usd, that price will borne by the americans!!!

          I mean sure it can happen but we also know that everything is already priced max it can be.

          So first and for most, taxes, fines and tariffs are taken out from income of the corporate parasite. After that corporate gonna try to figure out how to steal from customer

  • dumnezero@piefed.socialEnglish
    25·
    3 days ago

    We need to start shaming businesses and people who have “social media” on those platforms, like with X-Twitter.

        • sunzu2@thebrainbin.org
          3·
          3 days ago

          There is a ton of discretion given to agencies when they impose fines hence why lobby is so lucrative ;)

        • huppakee@lemm.ee
          1·
          3 days ago

          Would be a lot better if these were public cases with public hearings, I agree. I believe they do their research like a detective would, and then decide for themselves wether EU citizens were hurt and if so what percentage of the company would scare them enough to change their behaviour. There are laws on the maximum penalty and such, but weirdly enough these antitrust cases never seem very transparent to me.