Why Is America So Far Behind Europe on Digital Privacy?
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#2Is it because large American cos are lobbying against such rules ?
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#3Wild guess because most of the technology we use is from America (Facebook, Google, Twitter, ...).
Edit: Typing this from Africa least people think I am American.
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#4Europe keeps regulating itself to death and america isn’t.
That’s why most modern innovation (Intel, Apple, Google, Facebook, Amazon, Tesla, SpaceX, Uber, Airbnb, Etc) is coming from the US and not Europe.
If you lived in both continents you would know
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#5The word "Digital" could be eliminated from the headline without loss of accuracy.
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#6When you have zero tech companies it's easier to do things that impede tech companies.
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#7Europe keeps regulating itself to death and america isn’t. That’s why most modern innovation (Intel, Apple, Google, Facebook, Amazon, Tesla, SpaceX, Uber, Airbnb, Etc) is coming from the US and not Europe. If you lived in both continents you would know
You could argue that America is unregulating itself to death.
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#8Europe keeps regulating itself to death and america isn’t. That’s why most modern innovation (Intel, Apple, Google, Facebook, Amazon, Tesla, SpaceX, Uber, Airbnb, Etc) is coming from the US and not Europe. If you lived in both continents you would know
Based on the very few readings I had, it seems it's been historical cultural difference from day 1. What's the motto "America innovates ? Europe cultivates" ?
Also, both have value.. I wouldn't bear USA medical system, but I also recognize France administration hell.
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#9The US is behind Western and Northern Europe in almost every facet of development that I can think of, except for GDP per capita. Education, healthcare, social mobility, political culture, news media seriousness, public infrastructure, etc.
The US is also shockingly institutionally paralyzed and unable to make meaningful reforms in any area, even if they are very popular with the majority of voters. The last one I can think of was ObamaCare, which was not a particularly radical change, but felt like it because of how difficult it was to pass.
It's not particularly interesting to ask "why can't we reform digital privacy laws" -- the more interesting general question is "why can't we reform anything".
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#10Europe keeps regulating itself to death and america isn’t. That’s why most modern innovation (Intel, Apple, Google, Facebook, Amazon, Tesla, SpaceX, Uber, Airbnb, Etc) is coming from the US and not Europe. If you lived in both continents you would know
Odd comment considering Americans are literally dying due to a refusal to regulate in certain areas - employee rights, healthcare, gun laws, obesity etc.
Small price to pay for "freedom" I guess.