Violet BlueMar 21, 2025

Zuck said Meta is in a "partnership" with White House; Google is following suit. They are all that stand between you and Trump admin data grabs.

Law enforcement requests for user data from Apple, Google, and Meta mean Big tech can decide whether US authorities have access to your personal info, like location data.

Meanwhile, Europeans are starting to see US data services as “no longer safe”

Here's a resource collection of non-US services, and more:

https://www.wired.com/story/trump-era-digital-expat/

How to Avoid US-Based Digital Services—and Why You Might Want To

Amid growing concerns over Big Tech firms aligning with Trump administration policies, people are starting to move their digital lives to services based overseas. Here's what you need to know.

WIRED
Show threadgreenpepper22Mar 21, 2025
@violetblue weren’t they basically already doing that though? I feel like I remember a ton of stories about tech companies basically letting law enforcement access their data without a warrant for years now, what’s changed?
Show threadJuho Mäntysalo

@greenpepper22 @violetblue

It's no longer "basically".

Plus on the EU-side there was a lot of trust put on private assurances that private data wasn't used by US-interests.

Even though there are stories going back decides how US intelligence services have stolen EU company secrets and given to local enterprises.

Mar 22, 2025 at 5:59amWeb