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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/34873574

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[–] Zephorah@discuss.online 48 points 1 day ago (9 children)

So much for Europe being more progressive. They’re shilling for corporate on par with the states.

[–] VeryInterestingTable@jlai.lu 7 points 22 hours ago (6 children)

Honestly countries also fight corporations for power. GAFAM have been to threat to the powers in place and it's essentially a survival match. Countries do spy on their own citizens that's not news. Internet is a great tool for that.

What we are seeing is probably european countries trying to get rid of GAFAM and puting their own measures in place instead to fill the void, the void being the services, the information, the data the GAFAM were providing to said countries.

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 19 points 22 hours ago (5 children)

GAFAM

GAFAM is an acronym that refers to five major US technology companies: Google (now Alphabet), Apple, Facebook (now Meta), Amazon, and Microsoft.

Looked it up so no one else had to!

[–] Melusine@tarte.nuage-libre.fr 1 points 20 hours ago

The good old French acronym XD

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