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>>ANewbu+(OP)
> Mr Capel said: “We have been clear that exiting the UK does not allow an organisation to avoid responsibility for any prior infringement of data protection law, and our investigation remains ongoing.

Block UK access now just in case.

>>nicksl+w1
As somebody from the UK, I think this is a great form of protest against the government.

>>bArray+1c
Same - frankly google/alphabet should just HTTP 451 the UK (and I say that as a brit/someone in the UK).

It'd be interesting to see how fast the policy would get reversed then.

This was always a stupid policy and so protesting it by pulling services is one way to draw attention to that.

>>noir_l+Zd
> should just HTTP 451 the UK

Didn't something like that happen about 15 years ago maybe due to net neutrality? Or maybe it was wikipedia's black outs over SOPA.