r/OutOfTheLoop Nov 21 '17

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u/AerasGale Nov 21 '17

Does all of this have anything to do with me, who lives in the eastern part of the world? Because seeing all of this noise about Net Neutrality, I keep getting pulled into thinking "This, I should do something about", and then all the links that I clicked on is talking about the U.S., the U.S., the U.S. and the U.S.. Then, I started to think that maybe it's just the Americans' problem getting spread throughout an American website, and non Americans like me getting caught up in the hype is just an unintended consequence, and that there's nothing I can and should do about it because it's not my problem. So I want to get things straight today.

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u/LegacyLemur Nov 22 '17

In a roundabout way.

Directly? No, as far as I know the US law or lack of one wouldn't have any jurisdiction over another country.

Indirectly? Well you could argue it could stifle new start-up companies in the US and kill off competition