Comment Comment by DoingIsLearning My issue as an EU citizen is how "lobby permeable" the regulations are. US tech is lobbying the EU too now.Proposals start out strong and become PR operations after the watering down.- Implement net neutrality but give data exemptions to mobile data operators if the traffic is from Facebook or Whatsapp.- Implement ban on single use plastics but add so many exemptions that Nestle, Coca-Cola, Unilever, continue business as usual- Implement Green New Deal but add a metric tonne of taxpayers money to support Hidrogen because Shell says so- Start a Ban on ICEs but then push it back another 15 years because Exxon says soEtc. parent DoingIsLearning 3 years ago
Proposals start out strong and become PR operations after the watering down.
- Implement net neutrality but give data exemptions to mobile data operators if the traffic is from Facebook or Whatsapp.
- Implement ban on single use plastics but add so many exemptions that Nestle, Coca-Cola, Unilever, continue business as usual
- Implement Green New Deal but add a metric tonne of taxpayers money to support Hidrogen because Shell says so
- Start a Ban on ICEs but then push it back another 15 years because Exxon says so
Etc.