We are aware of the problems the US has. But the question "Why would anyone in a democracy accept" is easily answered, and as such I did.
As for the statements on encroachment or protections: this is about public data, not about private data or secrets.
The argument made in court is about research facilities due to the outsized impact X can make. You want to play in someone else's country, you'll have to follow their rules. This works the other way around as well, if a German company were to host their data in the US, they would have to accept that the government can snoop on that data whenever they want since the US does not protect German citizens. (and as such, privacy laws in Germany and in the EU since around 1995 do not allow private data to be transferred by default)
Something more countries might want to do is protect citizens from large corporations. They are not your friends.
Okay, I can see your point. I thought this was under the question "Why would anyone living in a democracy be against this?" but I see now it was a response to the other question that was response to that question.
It seems like that phrase "democracy" means different things to different people, depending on where they are from.
As for the statements on encroachment or protections: this is about public data, not about private data or secrets.
The argument made in court is about research facilities due to the outsized impact X can make. You want to play in someone else's country, you'll have to follow their rules. This works the other way around as well, if a German company were to host their data in the US, they would have to accept that the government can snoop on that data whenever they want since the US does not protect German citizens. (and as such, privacy laws in Germany and in the EU since around 1995 do not allow private data to be transferred by default)
Something more countries might want to do is protect citizens from large corporations. They are not your friends.