This is definitely not it, some corrupt politician will start it all again under a different guise after some unfettered lobbying by meta and the like. But great for the here and now to know that the public sway can at least once beat the heavy lobbying…

Thanks. That graphic is great.

Thanks, that helped a lot… I didn’t even consider many smaller kingdoms. Don’t know why.

Since Italy became a country in 1861, there has been a surefire way to know who is and isn’t an Italian citizen: look at their parents.

🤔🥴 Somebody is going to have to explain that first sentence to me…

I know there was an “Italian Kingdom” around that time, did that change it’s status from something to a country?

It really throws a light on the shit that they’re up to over this side of the Atlantic.

https://www.irishtimes.com/technology/big-tech/2025/10/30/data-protection-rules-completely-out-of-control-meta-tells-government/ https://archive.is/M8wbm

https://noyb.eu/en/former-meta-lobbyist-named-dpc-commissioner-meta-now-officially-regulates-itself

https://compliancehub.wiki/the-masks-are-off-ireland-appoints-meta-lobbyist-to-police-meta-on-data-protection/

Meta has engaged in significant lobbying activities within the European Union regarding privacy and content regulations, often overlapping with discussions on “chat control” (a controversial EU proposal to scan private messages for child sexual abuse material, or CSAM).

Key developments regarding Meta’s influence in the EU, based on recent reports, include:

Lobbying on AI and Tech Regulation: As of April 2025, reports suggest Meta has been actively lobbying to influence or dilute EU artificial intelligence and technology regulations.

Influence on Digital Privacy Legislation: Meta and other “Big Tech” entities have been subject to intense scrutiny and lobbying investigations concerning how they affect European privacy laws, including GDPR compliance and potential chat control measures.

Regulatory Independence Concerns: Civil society organizations (including the Centre for Countering Digital Hate and EDRi) have raised concerns about the influence of former Meta lobbyists on EU regulators, notably the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC), which is the lead supervisor for Meta in the EU.

Antitrust and Competition Conflicts: In February 2026, the European Commission notified Meta of a statement of objections regarding the exclusion of third-party AI assistants from WhatsApp, viewing this as an abuse of its dominant position. This indicates that while Meta lobbies, it is also facing heavy EU regulatory action.

Data Protection Fines: Meta has previously faced substantial fines, such as the €1.3 billion fine in 2023 linked to US-EU data transfer practices.

The “chat control” legislation has faced delays and significant debate regarding its impact on privacy vs. security, with civil liberties groups opposing the mandatory scanning mechanisms that the proposal would introduce.

Why did they call you? Are you the king of the jerks?

I often used to wonder how Australia had never gone the way of America in many things. It now seems that they were just a few years behind them.

How many of Irans ‘leaders’ were got in the terrorist attacks? If that were reciprocated I wonder if the world would blink.

They should fly him over on to one of them and meet him show everyone what he means.

Yeah, not much I can do if it came across like that to you. 🤷

I thought that the link was to stuff like the one in the op… It’s not. I’m over it. Just thought I’d save people looking for the same as I was and thinking site wasn’t loading properly.

Albert Camus - The Plague seems to have a whole heap of covers.

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=Albert+camus+the+plague&t=fpas&ia=images&iax=images

Son of Godzilla just seems to be the new illustration for the cover

https://www.criterion.com/films/29346-son-of-godzilla

I don’t think there is “more stuff like that” (Disney cover) on his site… Looks like that is the only one.

How to get the original version he based his art on? I must be doing something wrong. When I open the link it’s just 8 images. When I click on them out just enlarges them, but no references… 🤷

It’s not oil, it’s soot in the rain. A very crazy bit of scaremongering there.

No doubt… 🙄

“the only side that targets civilians is Iran.”

Ehmm… What’s Israel been doing for the past 3 years?

Yeah, I must have deleted the other links when I was adding in the quote by mistake. It was more to point out that he is sticking to it, and the link to the UN site was to refer to the main link on the BBC site and also the Guardian link (now added back in) but I messed it up trying out another Lemmy app. I am now back on PC and Raccoon.

Why, thank you very much 🫡☺️

There are plenty others that I just can’t think of. I’ve a memory a bit like a fishes.

Landman is decent too.

Hopefully the beginning of the end of such a scumtastic company.

The warnings were there with many people trying to prevent it happening, but it was ignored enough to become what we have today. Globally.

Detectorists - when you want to completely relax.

Mr. Inbetween - I believe the less you know before watching it, the better. Just turn it on.

Reservation dogs - also very relaxed.

I knew it was Australia, didn’t realise that there was such a monopoly. Still possible, just makes it harder. Are there stores that aren’t part of any chain? They’re dying out here, usually the owners have signed up to a franchise.

It’s unlikely to happen anyway, but there should be a way that we can universally stop greed.