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None of the major TV manufacturers is based in the US, so I guess we won't have to worry about the EU regulating ACR, will we?

Apropos of nothing, what other country besides the US has a law that specifically prohibits giving a bribe to a foreign government?

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> None of the major TV manufacturers is based in the US, so I guess we won't have to worry about the EU regulating

The EU tries to regulate things that get too dangerous to its citizens. The important part though is enforcement which due to limited resources will inherently focus on the biggest players, where the impact is greatest. Players don't get bigger than US based big-tech. It's not unreasonable at all once you think about it.

> what other country besides the US has a law that specifically prohibits giving a bribe to a foreign government?

They allow and encourage lobbying which is literally used to the same effect. So it's a bit of a moot point, more like posturing than anything else... Much like some apropos :).

> Apropos of nothing, what other country besides the US has a law that specifically prohibits giving a bribe to a foreign government?

Every member of the OECD (including Japan and South Korea) and 8 more countries besides [0]? At a minimum.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OECD_Anti-Bribery_Convention#M...

[Laughs in CIA and Jared Kushner]

You clearly dont know how regulation works, EU pushed many corporation to globally change their arrogant ways, ie apple dropping their proprietary plug, globally. Thats the power of half a billion relatively rich market.

The other part is immature basic whataboutism that doesnt deserve a response, I am sure you can do better, and more on topic hopefully.

Never mind about the plug; we get third party app stores!

None of Apple, Facebook, Twitter, Microsoft, or Google are based in the EU; all have faced issues due to operating in the EU.

(Off the top of my head: USB-C, GDPR, Digital Services Act, Schrems, and anti-trust fines respectively).

I think the GP post meant that EU only wants to regulate tech if it's American.

Not really, they're very much pissed about Chinese EVs now but the EC is tooo slooow to act. The Biden administration already hit them with tariffs and they're now considering banning the software that phones home. No need for weather baloons when you have cars with cameras and microphones all over the place.

the UK

UK only allows bribes (sorry, I meant to write "freebies") for domestic politicians, not foreign ones.

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/sep/28/mps-have-de...

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