• @inlandempire@jlai.lu
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    Also France: https://www.liberation.fr/idees-et-debats/tribunes/non-au-transfert-des-donnees-de-sante-de-10-millions-de-francais-dans-le-cloud-de-microsoft-20250403_HARQIHZNPBHNLNXJCOTYHCCC6A/

    Google translation of a few paragraphs

    You have a one in seven chance of seeing your health data migrate to the Microsoft cloud and fall under American law, and therefore under the good will of its president, Donald Trump, and the Doge’s boss, Elon Musk. So, happy? Yes, you may be among the 10 million French people randomly selected as part of the Darwin EU project, coordinated by the European Medicines Agency and led, in France, by the public interest group “Plateforme des données de santé,” better known as the Health Data Hub (HDH).

    In a decision published on March 11, the French National Commission for Information Technology and Civil Liberties (CNIL) gave the HDH the green light to select a random sample of 10 million people representative in terms of age, sex, and department of residence from the main database of the National Health Data System, the vast majority of which is issued by the National Health Insurance Fund. The objectives are certainly laudable: to determine the prevalence and incidence of drug and vaccine use in France using a standardized methodology.

    Less laudable, the host chosen to store this data is Microsoft. In 2020, as part of a summary procedure, we already warned that sensitive health data of the French population hosted by Microsoft fell under American law due to the company’s domicile in the United States. In October 2020, the Council of State recognized this risk of extraterritoriality of American law. A month later, in a letter dated November 19, 2020, the Minister of Health, Olivier Véran, urged the government to completely eliminate, within two years, the risks posed by the hosting of health data by an American operator.

    Five years have passed: the technical solution is still Microsoft. The US authorities, now represented by Donald Trump, will therefore be able to issue subpoenas to Microsoft to disclose the health data of 10 million French citizens. In its opinion of March 11, 2025, the CNIL (French Data Protection Authority) warns of the risk of “disclosure to foreign powers of data stored with a host subject to non-European law” and regrets the lack of a sovereign solution.

    Are the very people in government who boast of defending our country’s “sovereignty” leading us up the garden path for over five years? Hand on heart, we are told that a call for tenders is being prepared to select a European host. Words, words.

    Macron is a hypocrite, all talk no action

  • @astute@lemm.ee
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    -5520 days ago

    Any American who sides with the EU should pack up and leave. Buy American. Die European.

    • @Wanpieserino@lemm.ee
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      3020 days ago

      They are welcome to come here. I wouldn’t wanna live in a country with someone like Trump either.

      • @astute@lemm.ee
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        -418 days ago

        Cool. We want neither them nor you. Only the best people deserve the best place on earth.

        • @Wanpieserino@lemm.ee
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          118 days ago

          What would make someone one of the “best people” beside of course living in the same area as you do 🤪

            • @Wanpieserino@lemm.ee
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              218 days ago

              Ah, well, you see, that’s just silly. Thought we could have a fun little game here but you’re a teenager

              • @astute@lemm.ee
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                -318 days ago

                Just remember sister, if it wasn’t for American soldiers in 1940s Europe, you and yours would be goose stepping and saluting Adolf today.

          • @astute@lemm.ee
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            -218 days ago

            We are so far ahead of any other people on earth that it’s hard to even see second place. LMAO! 🇺🇸👊

            • iridebikes
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              117 days ago

              Except in life expectancy, infant mortality, gdp, literacy, crime, and basically every other metric on the books. Nice try though. America is a shit hole thanks to jingoistic fucks like you!

              • @astute@lemm.ee
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                -217 days ago

                Just wait until China or Russia comes a knocking, fool boy. You will all scurry like the cockroaches you are and beg us for help. We are the most powerful economy on earth and we have unparalleled freedoms. European countries are afraid to speak nowadays. Only a nitwit would proclaim that the EU countries come close to America in any respect whatsoever. Just because you confidently say something doesn’t make it so silly little girl. What do you have to live for anyway?

                • iridebikes
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                  117 days ago

                  The numbers don’t lie. All that bleating while America tanks, rofl. Fear mongering about and embracing Russia at the same time. Man, the right wingers really are confused. Politically, sexually. It makes sense why they’re so mad. Anyway, you’re the first person I’ve blocked on Lemmy lol. Glad I’ll never have to see another nutbag post from the likes of you.

    • iridebikes
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      518 days ago

      Fuck America and fuck Americans that say shit like this. Signed, an American.

    • @sudneo@lemm.ee
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      820 days ago

      I am confused if this is a low effort trolling attempt or if people’s ideas are legitimately this easily swayed by internal propaganda.

      • iridebikes
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        118 days ago

        They 100% are easily manipulated by propaganda.

        Trump said Biden left the border open? They repeat it.

        Trump said trans inmates are using all the taxpayer dollars? They repeat it.

        Trump says immigrants are eating cats and dogs and taking over apartment complexes? They repeat it.

        Every single talking point, they repeat it.

        And the right wing misinformation machine is operating at its peak. They are getting news agencies to change the way they cover stories to be more in line with what the Trumpists are pushing. They are punishing dissent inside the government and in any group that deals with the government. They are pressuring social media sites to increasingly moderate progressive comments. There is an overall atmosphere that is increasing in the country l where it’s acceptable to censor free speech. Either you get in line with the Trump administration, or you become a target.

    • @supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz
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      I mean I would love to immigrate to somewhere that had a functioning health care system and I actually could envision a future as a millenial where I was allowed to participate in society meaningfully and do major things like maybe have a kid.

      It beats living at the end of a book where the author ran out of money to keep running the story, but the characters are still forced to get up and go to work even though there is clearly no story left for them like some forgotten nightmare.

      Fuck the U.S.

  • @wirebeads@lemmy.ca
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    6220 days ago

    Hey @EU: don’t forget to buy Canadian. We have sweet sweet sugary beavers….and pornhub.

  • @SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world
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    120 days ago

    Yes don’t go to Disney Land Paris. Got it.

    Also everyone should stop watching US movies in the theater, just pirate American movies. Or watch Les Vengeurs made by Marvelle. Or Le Batman by Les Frères Warner.

  • @Spoerbi@lemm.ee
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    3420 days ago

    How is Macron so based? I, as a German, used to hate on France, but they are holy based the last months

    • Mubelotix
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      2620 days ago

      Why would you hate France ? We spent years building a strong friendship, sharing TV programs, sending our kids to each other, learning each other languages, making good deals… Let’s stay friends

      • @Spoerbi@lemm.ee
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        819 days ago

        I guess you took it too seriously. I love all my european brothers and sisters, its just an insider joke. you surely know that internet phenomenon. But im not even able to say it anymore! May we succeed in our countries friendship as we did in the last decades ❤️

      • Flubo
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        819 days ago

        Another German here. I love France. And arte is the best TV Programm. :) just that you don’t feel alone.

        My theory: Many germans just had really Bad French teachers and honestly its not very easy to learn the spelling, so since their youth they are a bit mad at France. I personally know 3 people that had to redo a year because of bad french grades. Nothing More behind it usually. I noticed its the same with French people that had to learn German. Some love Germany now , the rest projecs their dislike of learning the language on the whole country. However, at least in my bubble, people that like France are in majority. Even those that don’t speak french love to visit.

      • @index@sh.itjust.works
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        -518 days ago

        Why would you hate France ?

        Probably because of the same reason people are hating america in this sub: nationalism.

      • @astute@lemm.ee
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        -117 days ago

        European countries are ruled by queens. When PRC invades there’s going to be a lot of shrieking and crying! Poor little cowards.

        • Mubelotix
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          117 days ago

          Trolls are not welcome here. How shitty must your life be for you to not have anything better to do

          • @astute@lemm.ee
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            -317 days ago

            Not trolling little girl. I love my country and you are ashamed of yours. That’s cut & dry.

    • WIZARD POPE💫
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      He just continued the basedness that is de Gaule with his stance that US will turn on eurpoe some day.

    • @index@sh.itjust.works
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      How is Macron so based?

      He’s the ceo of a government who spend billions on “security” and propaganda, he gets advice from professionals on how to fool the average person too lazy to remember all the evil shit macron has done in its presidency.

    • Flubo
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      In France macron is (or at least was) quite unpopular for what he’s doing within the country. But in foreign affairs he’s really based already for years I would say. One of the few persons who had visions for the EU before putin and now trump reminded everyone to be happy we have it.

        • Flubo
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          618 days ago

          Haha didn’t think of it so far but actually yes.

  • Avid Amoeba
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    920 days ago

    I guess it would be nice if you supplanted that by economic policy, wouldn’t it.

  • @supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz
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    USian here, stop buying American, buy European.

    I worked for Google’s contractors doing GIS work, I have ZERO respect for US companies in terms of the value they bring to the table or the fundamental indecency with which they will try to rip you off or force you into shitty subscriptions. In the past 10 years large U.S. corporations have completely gutted what made them agile and valuable in the first place, these are just dead husks wobbling over totally termite ridden foundations, and the current economic crash completely makes sense to me for the value of these companies crashing.

    There are many smart people here, I don’t want to condemn the labor of all of the good people here in the US, but we the average people of the U.S. barely get any share of the money you pay to large corporations for our labor, we don’t control our politicians, our economy, our largest corporations, our military, our immigration enforcement…the list goes on and on. DO NOT SUPPORT large US corporations that are holding our futures hostage, DO NOT BUY US PRODUCTS until the U.S. stops heading towards violence and fascism.

    If there is any way you can obtain the fruits of U.S. labor without paying large U.S. corporations, now is a great time to do so.

  • Boomer Humor Doomergod
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    4120 days ago

    The French have been avoiding dependence on Americans since de Gualle. The only reason the entire country hasn’t died of schadenfreude poisoning is because “schadenfreude” is a German word.

  • @index@sh.itjust.works
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    -2418 days ago

    Coming from this authoritarian idiot this is straight nationalist propaganda. Don’t buy from evil corporation including french ones.

  • @cley_faye@lemmy.world
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    618 days ago

    Macron’s government to every administration and projects : Keep buying MS Azure, Google Cloud, and AWS, don’t look at all the providers in Europe (and France).

  • Zerlyna
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    8720 days ago

    I am an American and agree with this headline. Don’t cave in to the bully.