The US Supreme Court decided that the US Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) may not be independent anymore – with major implications for EU-US Data Transfers.

On Monday, the US Supreme Court decided in Trump v. Slaughter that the US Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) may not be independent anymore. Since 2000, the EU has relied on the “independent” FTC as the enforcer of EU-US deals on personal data. According to EU treaty law, such oversight must be independent. In the current EU-US deal, the European Commission relies on the independent FTC 259 (!) times.

  • Serinus@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    1 day ago

    I imagine if you compile a list of the worst any country has done that it’d look a lot like this.

    That doesn’t excuse anything, but all those things don’t add up to Nazi Germany or 2026 Israel.

    We’re working on showing you what fascism really is.

    • BrainInABox@lemmy.mlEnglish
      6·
      1 day ago

      I imagine

      Yeah of course you do; because you start from a position of American exceptionalism and then just imagine backwards.

      • Serinus@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        23 hours ago

        Oh yeah? What’s your beacon of a country? England? France? China? Russia?

        The fact is we were generally dragging the world (in hand with Europe) towards better ideals, like equal rights for all, democracy, and eliminating low level corruption.

        It wasn’t always the case, and was certainly in fits and starts. But in our absence I don’t see China or India having that generally positive influence on the world.

        Yes, there’s room for improvement. But if we’re at a C while most other countries are content with an F, well…

        USAID has done a lot of good around the world.

              • cuckmaster69@lemmy.billiam.netEnglish
                1·
                12 hours ago

                “I made a pithy platitude without addressing any points, and then the guy just pointed out my instance as to why I’m wrong!”

                bro i agree with you, but if you’re gonna post a derogatory non-sequitur instead of actually giving thought to responding, you should expect the same.