US tourism is already taking a big hit because people who read the news are avoiding it. Put more pressure on.

NEVER EVER FUCKING GIVE
THE USG ANY OF YOUR DATA
UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCE !

***IT WILL BE MISUSED***!

I agree with your points.

One thing I think may be happening is a deliberate effort by the people behind Heritage 2024 to insulate the USA from the rest of the world.

The reason appears to be to limit or prevent #USian interaction with anyone who is not from the #USA. At a guess this would be to improve META's control over what citizens think and how they vote.

1: Issue a Level IV "do not travel" warning against the United States.

2: Refuse all deals with Trump, let him require visas. Share no data whatsoever, declare that even visa-requiring admissability to the US is "no longer a priority of this country."

3: For every citizen detained by CBP or ICE, arrest one wealthy US businessmen who foolishly strayed into the country. Offer to exchange prisoners.

Be aware that the fossil fuel industry plans to route this data via the data centers owned by #PrinceBonesaw in Saudi Arabia and other members of the fascist billionaire club like Koch & Thiel.

Petrostate despots & oil oligarchs are funding the creation of an international state surveillance system with the help of Trump's pay-to-play corrupt regime.

https://www.businessinsider.com/microsoft-google-hand-dissident-data-to-saudi-arabia-activists-say-2023-7

Legislation like this makes the EU a permanent captive oil market, drained dry by high gas prices.

Dear EU,

Do not sign any deals with the Trmp administration. They cannot be trusted to carry out their end of any deal (or even understand what they're agreeing to).

Let them impose all the sanctions they want, cutting off their own noses to spite their faces. You're better off without them.

Things will change soon, one way or another, and whatever deal you make now will probably not reflect that reality.

Sincerely,

me

All that ”sovereignty” talk was bullshit.

Washington holds the leash. Eu is a poodle.

#sarcasm #commentary

- Not.to mention this is an unfair regulation and even with a #Visa, people don't get a right to entry into thw #US…

Give the EU commission a GDPR fine proportional to the severity and amount of data they will give away.

According to the Commission, #Google should make ~anonymized~ data available free of charge:
- search queries,
- rankings,
- clicks,
- and views.

The Commission <<intends>> for this data to ~help~ comp€titor$ improve their 0wn "search history."

If the data is not free, billions of dollars will be invested in AI regulation.

https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/news/commission-provides-guidance-google-ai-interoperability-android-and-sharing-google-search-data

Both. Also with journalists.

The "EU" or "EC" is often taken as a single entity. But they aren't. There isn't one "they", but there are many political factions involved in the policymaking.

There's another fedi discussion going about representatives within the EC opting for W Social, a proprietary shady social media, and that they should instead put more weight on their presence in the fediverse.

The EC fediverse account is already answering and responding sporadically to people who reply to the announcements they publish on their account. That is very valuable: direct 2-way communication. There is a social media team operating it, who are able to convey opinions from fedizens to policy makers.

Frequently on the EU official website people are asked to do a survey and state their opinion on upcoming policies. When you take the time to fill those out, you never hear back. You never know if you just wasted your time.

Tagging them increases the value of fediverse.