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All of these efforts to bring peace to Ukraine sadly reminds me of the US's retreat from Afghanistan.

I don't know the specifics, but American companies have to turn over data if the government asks. The government can still ask foreign companies to hand over, but a company like this will ask for a warrant or a legal order which they might only get by successfully arguing youre a terrorist or a child porn producer or something like that. So in general your data is much safer with a European company, especially when it comes to privacy.

BUT that data has to go through a physical cable through the ocean to get to you and they can't keep you safe once the data leaves their service. So you'll still need security on your end, like encryption and a VPN. I think keeping the government out of your data is a very good thing, and a safe mailbox is very important but if it is your only safeguard you still can get compromised. As far as I know there are things you can do to keep your data from being 'fished' with a broad net and things you can do to prevent someone from fishing your data with a spear (like a targeted hack), start defending your data against being fished with a broad net. For that I'd say avoid services offered by US companies. So yes, by all means get that mailbox.org account.

I believe the encryption nerds would recommend this company because of PGP, but I don't know enough about law or tech to tell you more.

Dude, you need to have the cards if you're gonna do shit like this. Rookie mistake.

Well Russia is using bot farms and cable cutting ships, so if you'd ask me that counts to keeping Russia away :)

That is some serious shipping costs

Trump was so upset with The Onion he decided to get back in office, only way to bankrupt them was by getting reelected and hiring clowns like Hegseth

The fines are relatively small given the tech companies' huge worldwide revenues - and are a fraction of Google's €2.4bn fine from last September.
But they are significant in the context of the current global economic situation.

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So it's 50% discount in case anyone wonders. Standard plan is 3€/mo (so I guess €18 for the first year), premium is €9/mo (so i guess €54 for the first year). There is also a lite plan for 1€/mo but then you don't get a discount.

Article refers to "exclusive comments to POLITICO, [where] the European Commission president touted the EU as a safe haven in an unpredictable world." You can find it here: https://www.politico.eu/article/urusla-von-der-leyen-world-lining-up-work-european-union-donald-trump-trade-war/

"In a more and more unpredictable global environment, countries are lining up to work with us," the Commission president said without naming Trump or the U.S.

In recent weeks she has spoken to leaders from Iceland, New Zealand, Malaysia, the Philippines, Canada, India and the United Arab Emirates who were looking for "strong, reliable partners."

:)

Cynics might say they're late to the party, but let's just appreciate EU standing together at least.

The €10.5 billion boost ($12 billion) in defense spending will raise the Spanish total to €34 billion ($39 billion) for this year.

I'm not a fan of people and governments buying weapons but this will definitely aid in keeping Russia away.

I don't see anything credible, not like there is news on Chinese nationals?

Looks good, browsed through their creators and some of their content looks interesting, will definitely check out later. Seems like the only big difference is that they are not American, guess that is enough though.

Maybe i should have copy and pasted their follow-up comment as well:

Well, it's sufficient. Using larger calibres for the opening salvo would increase the risk of companies succeeding in fighting fines before court, and companies generally have some kind of creative interpretation of the law at the ready to justify what they're doing. Fining companies into bankruptcy or out of competition for a first offence is rather hard to justify, for repeat offenders, though? Companies continuing their behaviour after having received a warning fine have no excuse, now the gloves come off otherwise you're perceived as a paper tiger.

I think their point is that giving a small fine the first time is enough reason for them to change their behaviour because they know they could get a much higher fine (for example $40 Bn). I don't know how true this is, didn't research it, but it sounds plausible.

They have been doing really well here too. Their initial goal was to become ethical chocolate/cacao wholesalers but they knew they had no chance starting a purely b2b business. So aside from selling their own bars, but over time they grew and now sell to a lot of other brands including the no-brand stuff the supermarkets sell with their own logo (how do you call that? We call them house brands, but that makes no sense in English). They are getting a serious market share as sell, with an ever increasing bigger part from their b2b branch now. More here: https://www.tonysopenchain.com/

Actually, this was news was posted earlier today (here) and someone commented the following:

EU fines generally have a bad track record when it comes to stopping companies from trying to get away with stuff, but they do have an excellent track record when it comes to making them stop.

Differently put: You won't see the EU levy another fine against Apple for this because Apple doesn't fancy getting slapped with a 40bn fine. If your main armament is big enough all you'll ever need is shots before the bow.

Can't say for sure it is true, but if it is it would definitely have a serious effect.

In Ukraine?

Also really nice is the chocolate from Vivani https://vivani.de/en/vivani-en/

Maybe in your local bio/eco shop, since they're made from 'slaverly-free' cacao they might be too expensive for a regular supermarket to make a profit on them.

My 2 cents is that a community like this doesn't need to take moderating too serious, since the content isn't polarising or flammable anyway. I'd suggest just keeping an eye on the posts and comments - other users will also object if content looks out of place. Have a few simple rules maybe so you can point to them when you want to remove content.

Agree 100% on when to delete and when to ban.

1. I'd say don't delete, I wouldn't care and not upvote so whatever. Doesn't break a rule.

2a. Point out that it is not uplifting because the profit being made.

2b Upvote and comment how awesome this is

3a doesn't break rules, do what you want 3b+3c Upvote if you like open source things

4 in general can be a problem because of it's political nature, but if post doesn't break rules let it be and worry about comments breaking rules. 4a-c2 it is news and people might be happy he leaves so I wouldn't delete but watch comments. 4d+4e this is news and is good, let it be despite having a negative opinion (!) about the martian leader. 4f1+4f2+4g+4f(I think you wanted this to be 4h but I'll just mention it and share my thoughts) I'd argue that you could say it is good news he is sad, but I'd argue his emotional state itself isn't newsworthy and his dog dieing isn't uplifting news so delete.

To me something is upliftng, if i can tell it a youngling, a growing learning mind. Their brain is pure, maybe not ready to comprehend the vast world. To them, there are only simple rules - you see someone injured, you dress them. You see someone crying, ask why, if you can not help, ask someone else, and so on. This should be enough to get most questions answered from my perspective

Yes 100%

Don't worry about a potential 'mistake' you're the mod and you're human, you possibly making a mistake is part of the deal of participanting in an online community.

I like that metaphor. So you're saying the EU chooses to have low fines because the companies receiving them understand it could be way worse if they choose to continue?