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U.S. Chamber of Commerce publicly opposes S. Korea's proposed online platform rules (en.yna.co.kr)

submitted 9 months ago by m1tank@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/11357893

WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 (Yonhap) -- The U.S. Chamber of Commerce expressed concerns Monday over South Korea's proposed regulations aimed at preventing unfair market activities by major online platform businesses.

Charles Freeman, senior vice president for Asia at the U.S. Chamber, issued a statement opposing Seoul's push for the rules designed to step up oversight over market-dominant players to ensure fair competition.

Industry watchers forecast that major platform operators, including Naver, Kakao, Google and Apple could be subject to the rules should they be enacted.

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[–] jeena@jemmy.jeena.net 22 points 9 months ago

Sadly no examples of what regulations they are talking about where given.

[–] tutus@links.hackliberty.org 7 points 9 months ago (1 children)

" ...the government of Korea provide ample opportunity for engagement with a range of stakeholders, including the American business community and the U.S. government,"

The responsibility of the South Korean government is to it's people and what's best for them. The arrogance of the US government never fails to surprise me.

If the roles were reversed, the US government wouldn't give a shit about South Korea and would simply tell them they need to 'comply'.

[–] uiiiq@lemm.ee 16 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Apparently (see a comment on the original post), the “Chamber” is a private lobbying group and not a part of any official USA government institution.

[–] tutus@links.hackliberty.org 7 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Ahh. That explains a lot. I'll take some of it back then.

For everybody else, the comment is at https://lemmy.world/comment/7142472

Thank you.

[–] Ranvier@sopuli.xyz 3 points 9 months ago

Not your fault, they're deliberately named that way to be confused with an actual government agency. And yes, they suck.