this post was submitted on 26 Apr 2024
211 points (83.1% liked)
Memes
44094 readers
2877 users here now
Rules:
- Be civil and nice.
- Try not to excessively repost, as a rule of thumb, wait at least 2 months to do it if you have to.
founded 5 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
collecting vast amount of data ? facebook does that too and instagram and google and who knows what else
Yes. But the US can control US based companies, and create laws regarding how that data is used. They can't control a chineese one.
Do you understand how the US government might think it's a problem that foreign countries get access to every step their citizens take?
Does that matter if they don't create said laws - since they're equally interested in their citizens data as facebook, google, etc. are?
It does matter. Because the US can do it if they decide to. They have significant power over companies based in their country.
They do not have significant power over companies NOT based in their country.
That's not what that means.
The fact that a company who wants to operate in the US has to follow US guidelines is obvious. But doesn't mean the US government has significant power over them if they're not based in the US.