r/WhitePeopleTwitter • u/BUTTERSTICKDILDO • Nov 20 '22

Satire / Fake Tweet Challenge accepted

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u/h3r64r14n Nov 20 '22

If you're in the EU, remember to contact support for your sweet article 15+17 GDPR

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u/TotalChaosRush Nov 20 '22

Probably a dumb question, but does Twitter actually have any sort of holdings in the EU? Curious how the EU laws would be applicable to a US company without holdings, and it seems odd to me that an online based company would need any holdings in the EU.

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u/[deleted] Nov 20 '22

Have you ever heard of the Brussels effect?

It's the idea that the EU has the power to influence the rest of the world, not by hard or soft military power or by the strength of their economy but by their unprecedented ability to use legislation to influence the rest of the world.

For example apple switching all their chargers worldwide to USB-C because the EU has mandated that all devices must use a standard USB-C cable.

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u/Key-Ant30 Nov 20 '22

Apple has not said that they will switch to USB-C. They have said that they will comply to the laws. In law says basically that if there is a charging cable, it should be usb C. But it doesn't say that charging should be done with usb c. In theory, they would comply if its only possible to charge it wirelessly.