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Wouldn't that cut off a vast swath of the internet from France though ? Some of the main big providers of internet services use US based data centres. I'm meaning:

* Amazon

* Google

* Facebook

* Netflix

* Microsoft

* Twitter

* Uber

I mean the list goes on but these are a really big part of the internet.

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That might be a good thing. New data centers would be constructed in France and the french people would have more jobs. It’d also be a national security boost because France would be less reliant on external data centre providers.

Wow, unironic protectionism and "it'll create jobs" rhetoric.

It’s a geopolitically grounded form of Protectionism.

I don’t like that smaller countries have to rely on larger countries that don’t have their best interests in mind. Not only should France buid its own tech infrastructure but so should every other country that can build it.

In the post-NSA age this is vital if you want your country and its population to be secure against cyberattacks and mass surveillance by great powers.

this isn't just 'jerbs' rhetoric. Having French data on French soil guarantees that if push comes to shove French authorities are in control of their citizens' data. It's a matter of national sovereignty. If companies have billions of dollars worth of physical infrastructure located in the countries they operate you can be sure compliance with local laws will actually happen.

Not sure if you've been watching, but protectionism has become extremely popular.

A lot of the actors you're listing actually have datacenters and/or cages at french DCs and/or racks at french ISP PoP

The differentiation is probably, that some data is required for offering a service, that people choose to use, but GA data is not.

Yes, of course. It's possible that the they will sue every single big company, but quite possible. I think it's a good way for the EU to build pressure against the US to revise the CLOUD act.

This will only happen if the EU makes a true effort to go after as many big US companies as possible. If corporations actually start to lose access to the EU market, the US will follow suit and change its laws.

Godspeed!

If enforced thoroughly and by the letters of law. But the authorities in EU has control over selective enforcement of laws(that there potentially won't be by 26th century) letting the law spun as an open negotiation.

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