David Sacks
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Yeah, so that was the thing I think I was referring to, is that, and I think actually the president may have truth that out, that I think the, maybe this is more the you, but the DSA has become almost like a digital speed trap to try and fine American companies.
And it does massively, disproportionately harm
affect them to the point where you could argue that it's effectively like a tariff on American tech companies operating in Europe.
And if that's the case, well, I mean, I guess Europe is allowed to have tariffs, but then that's going to change the tariffs that we set.
So it's all part of a larger trade negotiation.
Really bizarre, David.
We're living in a time where we're seeing freedom of speech expression go down in Europe and go up in the Middle East.
They just had the Riyadh Comedy Festival.
There were some rules.
Hey, you can't criticize the kingdom.
Let's leave religion off the table.
But you can go after your own.
But we might have some sensitivities there.
And then there's everything in between.
South Korea does require you have a social security number, essentially, to post online.
But David, I'm wondering what you think about this overall trend in the world of what we're seeing with censorship.
I mean, it's not a good trend.
I think that the purpose of censorship, like I mentioned before, is always to protect the people in power.
And specifically, it insulates them from criticism.
But it'd be a lot better for them to hear that criticism and adjust their policies than it would be to try and switch off the feedback altogether.