StrypeyApr 22, 2019

@alexl
> There is no point in fighting for (digital) rights in the EU

This is measurably wrong. The #GDPR is already resulting in practical changes in the use of user data by commercial entites, not only in the EU, but across the whole internet. There are rules about #DataPortability that haven't even been tested yet. If user protection rules that were similar (or stronger) were passed in other jurisdictions, or even better in an international treaty, that would be a huge win for users.
@bob

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@alexl don't get me wrong, I'm no uncritical fan of the #EU. There are many legitimate criticisms of its current "neoliberal" shape. But it's a #federation, it's taken that shape because it's member governments were and are still mired in "neoliberalist" assumptions. That doesn't mean important #PublicInterest threat fires can't be put out at EU level, and fighting them there avoids from having to fight the same fires over and over in multiple countries.
@bob
Apr 22, 2019 at 1:42pmWeb
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@alexl
> "We have also argued that the European Union needs to change. Sinn Féin wants a social Europe, which promotes peace, demilitarisation, economic and social justice, international solidarity and greater democratic accountability."
https://www.sinnfein.ie/brexit
@bob
Brexit