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overkalix on Sept 12, 2018 | parent | context | favorite | on: EU approves internet copyright law, including ‘lin...

It is insane. I see the same argument in every thread about GDPR and I just can't wrap my mind around it. I can't imagine how well represented or identified by nation-state politics these people must be that they are willing to concede such degrees of discretionality to a government.

CiaranMcNulty on Sept 12, 2018 [–]

There's a huge cultural difference where people generally assume regulators are going to be fair and even-handed.

FWIW it mostly works out.

codechicago277 on Sept 12, 2018 | [–]

Why even have laws then, just let the regulators decide who gets punished for everything.

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