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by nickelcitymario 801 days ago
As a Canadian, it terrifies me that it's supposed to be comforting that these powers are only supposed to be used on foreign targets. The US controls so much of the Internet already, and the idea that it's becoming a full-fledged surveillance state beyond my own country's control is horrifying.

We're always talking about China and TikTok. What about America and the rest of the Internet?

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Hopefully the EU will be able to put pressure on them at some point :

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Schrems#Schrems_II

The election of Trump in 2024 and the end of the Russia/Ukraine war might be some of the events that could make the EU come out of its denial about their relationship with the US.