A lot of stuff google does would be an anti-trust lawsuit waiting to happen. If ...

that_guy_iain · on June 17, 2022

The EU would 100% enforce that. The EU hits them constantly for their bs.

thayne · on June 18, 2022

What we really need is for these big companies to be split up. I'm not sure if the EU has jurisdiction to do that.

that_guy_iain · on June 18, 2022

> What we really need is for these big companies to be split up. I'm not sure if the EU has jurisdiction to do that.

There have been non-binding votes to split it up. And they can tell them to split up or be banned from operating within the EU.

jokethrowaway · on June 17, 2022

Sure, and fined them pennies

that_guy_iain · on June 17, 2022

Have you seen the EU fines? Latest one is 1.6 billion againist Google.

fmajid · on June 20, 2022

The Irish DPC is doing a bang-up job this far sheltering companies like Facebook headquartered in Éire from GDPR.