"The cable, signed by U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, says such laws would "disrupt global data flows, increase costs and cybersecurity risks, limit AI and cloud services, and expand government control in ways that can undermine civil liberties and enable censorship," according to the report."
"The cable pushes diplomats to "counter unnecessarily burdensome regulations, such as data localization mandates." It also orders them to track proposals that would promote data sovereignty laws, and urged diplomats to promote the Global Cross-Border Privacy Rules Forum, an international group that claims to enable "trusted data flows globally through international data protection and privacy certifications.""
"The order comes as countries around the world increase scrutiny of how Big Tech companies and AI firms are using their citizens' data. The European Union has led the charge on this front with laws like the GDPR, the Digital Services Act and the AI Act, seeking to curb tech companies' control and exploitation of user data and hold them accountable."
The Trump administration has issued a directive to U.S. diplomats to actively lobby against countries' data sovereignty laws and regulations governing how American tech companies handle foreign citizens' data. According to an internal diplomatic cable signed by Secretary of State Marco Rubio, such regulations would disrupt global data flows, increase costs and cybersecurity risks, limit AI and cloud services, and expand government control that could undermine civil liberties. Diplomats are instructed to counter data localization mandates, track sovereignty proposals, and promote the Global Cross-Border Privacy Rules Forum. This directive reflects the administration's opposition to regulatory approaches like the EU's GDPR and AI Act, prioritizing U.S. tech company interests and AI advancement.
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