Sunday, February 16, 2025

Italy's Swift take down of TikTok, now DeepSeek over China, privacy concerns is in line with a decade-long history of Italian actions against latest technologies

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"... Italy was the first country to ban the app, but others have since followed suit, including Australia, India, Taiwan, and the U.S. Navy and the state of Texas. Other governments are reported to be mulling similar moves. ...

The country has long exhibited a deep-seated suspicion of unfamiliar or untested technologies. In 2023, Italy temporarily blocked OpenAI over privacy concerns and then last December it fined OpenAI about $16 million and ordered it to change policies. Going further back, the country’s regulators have a decade-long history of sanctioning U.S. Internet giants like Amazon, Apple, and Google. ..."

Swift take down of TikTok, now DeepSeek over China, privacy concerns led by likely unexpected Italy | Just The News

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