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Re:Brazilian Judge Shuts Down WhatsApp for 48 Hours by lagadu on Thursday December 17, 2015 @06:23AM (#10750816)
> Even if I believed in following all of these laws, I am now expected to know all of them?

Yes. Yes you are. You are expected to follow all laws of where you have a presence or face the consequences they'll impose on you for it, which is exactly what is happening here.

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Re:Brazilian Judge Shuts Down WhatsApp for 48 Hours by cthalupa on Thursday December 17, 2015 @10:17AM (#10751909)
They don't have a presence there. There are no WhatsApp employees in Brazil.

I have a website that is accessible in Syria. Do I have a presence in Syria? In Antartica? In Trinidad? In Russia?

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Re:Brazilian Judge Shuts Down WhatsApp for 48 Hours by kuschku on Thursday December 17, 2015 @01:15PM (#10753178)
Yes, you do.

And if I, as a German, would host something that’s illegal in the US, it’d instantly get either blocked, or I’d even extradited to the US.

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