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Re:Germany Considers Fining Facebook $522,000 per Fake News ... by dingaling on Wednesday December 28, 2016 @02:04PM (#13272747)
> And I hope Facebook fights back with everything it's got if Germany goes through with this.

I suppose the ultimate sanction from Facebook's perspective would be to null-route any traffic from or to Germany. No news, no fines!

Losing 40 million users ( one-fortieth of their userbase ) would be a lot less painful to the company than what Germany's leaders would receive from their electorate.

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Re:Germany Considers Fining Facebook $522,000 per Fake News ... by singletoon on Wednesday December 28, 2016 @05:25PM (#13274222)
How about users from elsewhere spreading news about Germany ? Seems not like a question of orientation, but more like a topic-filtering action.
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