EU vs US Big Tech

The cluster focuses on debates about the EU's regulatory actions against US big tech companies like Google and Facebook, including motivations such as privacy protection, surveillance concerns, and competition, as well as potential consequences like service restrictions or innovation stifling.

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vr46 Sep 23, 2020 View on HN

Possibly, but I think the key lines are "the US does not limit surveillance of EU citizens" and "there were insufficient safeguards against snooping by US intelligence agencies", which suggests that it's fixable, although the medicine is unpleasant for US-based-whoopee-you-get-free-data-and-you-get-free-data companies; The EU is operating pretty consistently, I'd say. They work like a club with rules that allows anyone to enter provided they follow their rules, and

blibble Jan 25, 2024 View on HN

I wouldn't expect soThe european far right are hardly fans of large American tech companiesnow, if they were domestic, that would be entirely different

redleader55 Nov 2, 2023 View on HN

Maybe this is why EU has a problem with "Big Tech", while US doesn't?

coldpie May 6, 2020 View on HN

The EU isn't ruining anything. The websites are choosing to abuse their users and ruin your experience. It's their fault this legislation exists in the first place. Aim your ire at the problem, not the fix.

uxhacker Aug 28, 2024 View on HN

Is this an unintentional war by Europe on facebook, signal, etc? What will the outcome be? Will these services leave Europe? Will Europe change the rules ?

lentil_soup Apr 16, 2025 View on HN

because they already do? https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/please, stop spreading your weird anti-europe views

malermeister Jun 20, 2024 View on HN

This article does a good job talking about this: https://www.baldurbjarnason.com/2024/facing-reality-in-the-e...

elevatedastalt Jan 25, 2024 View on HN

EU governments love to take on big tech, but does it reflect in the actual populace?

evanjrowley Dec 24, 2025 View on HN

Thank you EU government officials for standing up to US big tech interests.

jimmaswell Oct 23, 2021 View on HN

Europe continues to slowly make itself a no-man's land for tech. How long until the great firewall of the EU?