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by kintamanimatt 4788 days ago
Government's role in part is to enact laws to prevent one party from harming another. There are all kinds of laws on the books, from ones that govern unfair trade practices to keeping medical records private. It's not a stretch to imagine a law enacted to prevent online companies from killing off someone's digital life for giggles without any recourse.
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Its probably already covered under "natural justice" setting up a better appeals process is far better than the EU eventually noticing and regulating you.

I have worked for heavily regulated companies and it sucks not even knowing that you will be allowed to launch a product you have spent years developing and to have that nice MR Murdoch get favored son treatment and be allowed to cross subsidise his products where you are not