Similarly, in the 2000s, the US pushed back against the development of Galileo and preferred that Europe continue relying on GPS. That created tensions between the US and the EU.

Fighting data sovereignty is a losing battle for the US: data are too strategic to outsource, even to allies.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galileo_(satellite_navigation)

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erentz 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

At this stage tech companies should be pushing for very strong legislation that makes the US a bastion of data privacy to restore trust. But they are still pushing in the other direction.

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fatal94 an hour ago | parent [-]

No amount of legislation can stop subpoenas, wiretapping and other extrajudicial means the US has used for data surveillance since the inception of the Patriot Act. With data privacy increasingly becoming a critical matter of national security, strengthening data sovereignty laws and holding corporations accountable was always the way forward.

	▲	CGamesPlay 38 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		This is untrue. Subpoenas, wiretapping, and other extrajudicial means can be stopped by legislation that bans them. You can't say in one breath that legislation that enables it (Patriot Act) cannot be undone by more legislation. There are many hurdles requires to produce the required legislation, which may not even be broadly supported by the public, but it isn't correct to say "no amount of legislation can stop existing legislation".

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kazen44 7 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

also, just like galileo, this seem to be the correct path for europe to take.

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globalnode 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

> Fighting data sovereignty is a losing battle for the US: data are too strategic to outsource, even to allies.

Essentially it comes to this. The only way to force the issue is to make confrontational demands that will just lead to a hard split.