[absove]

Curious in which category you think the majority of European countries fall into? The domestic social network one, or the don't use social media one? Because as far as I can tell US social networks are the norm there and there very much is a social expectation that you are reachable on them, even if it's not government mandated.

[chmod775]

> there very much is a social expectation that you are reachable on them

I disagree. People will (somewhat) expect you to have a WhatsApp in many European countries, but hardly anyone will expect you to use Facebook.

At least in my circles Facebook is a wasteland. Many people haven't even posted anything in years, and if I was trying to reach anyone via Facebook I'd settle in for a long wait - until they check it in a month or two.

You won't notice it if you just open Facebook, because Facebook will fill your feeds with people who are active, but when I go through my list of contacts there it's obvious less than one in five are still actively using it.

I don't claim total knowledge of the situation everywhere, but I do keep in contact with people of a lot of different countries.

[MomoXenosaga]

Europe has been deeply colonised by US tech companies.

I do not agree with Chinese stance on democracy or human rights but I admire their willingness to play by their own rules. Not opening their markets and rolling out the red carpet for Silicon valley was wise.