Post #1375010

2026-04-14 15:57 UTC

RE: https://social.openrightsgroup.org/@openrightsgroup/116403024808284896 The USA now considers it a national security issue if foreign countries DON&#39;T permit free cross-border data transfers and don&#39;t make use of US cloud services for sensitive information. The UK is fully compliant with America&#39;s wish to have access to its data, and the UK govt&#39;s continued refusal to drop US cloud services and data companies like Palantir and Oracle effectively makes the UK a client state.

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@dzwiedziu@mastodon.social 2026-04-15 08:20

@ReggieHere@mastodon.social Imperial boomerang at the geopolitical-historical scale \s @aral@mastodon.ar.al

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@sinabhfuil@mastodon.ie 2026-04-15 08:24

@ReggieHere@mastodon.social Look a little closely at what data is collected and how and by whom. My eyebrows flew up when I attempted to sign up for an online account with the Navigo Pass in Paris (the card you use to pay bus, tram and train fares in Île de France) and was brought to a site in Hebrew. Looking deeper, Navigo (and the Irish cards apparently) have journeys run through a US company called Conduent (formerly largely owned by Carl Icahn)… Go further and you'll drive yourself crazy!

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@liklyhood@mastodon.social 2026-04-15 08:47

@ReggieHere@mastodon.social I just made some facts check with #Grok (X AI) on your post. The answer I got was : "The US (across administrations, including the current one) actively opposes strict data localization mandates abroad. It treats them as trade barriers in reports like the National Trade Estimate, arguing they raise costs, hurt innovation (especially AI/cloud), increase cybersecurity risks, and can enable censorship or government over-control." It depends on your status : ally or adversary.

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@fazalmajid@social.vivaldi.net 2026-04-15 10:09

@ReggieHere@mastodon.social The word you're looking for is "protectorate". A client state gets some benefits in return for submission, the UK gets none.

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@mim54@mstdn.social 2026-04-17 05:49

@ReggieHere@mastodon.social such a shortsighted mistake, they’ve been warned about this for years and done absolutely nothing to mitigate the risks have they ☹️

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