[mdhb]

Which European countries aren’t able to compel a company to help them by providing data in a matter of national security?

This idea that all American companies are somehow arm in arm with the USIC is a ridiculous notion that isn’t supported by facts.

There is a reason why most American tech companies in particular make a point to repeatedly and very loudly proclaim that they will not provide any assistance unless legally forced to do so with a subpoena. They understand that they have a global customer base and that outside the context of those checks and balances that it might be bad for business.

In fact I would even argue that many of those same companies have a far stronger record of collaborating with China than the US. Apple is an example which repeatedly comes to mind here.

[Tuna-Fish]

You do not understand the issue.

European countries can compel me to share data, and in that case I can do it legally. However, under the current law if I share data to the US government without going through the process in my local courts, I am liable for massive fines.

This is even true if I am not the entity sharing the data, but I merely placed it in the care of an US company. The problem is not that American companies are arm in arm with the government, it's that they are incorporated in a jurisdiction where the US courts have power, and because of my local laws, I must consider those courts to be a hostile actor.