German MPs vote for new law to fine social media companies over illegal content

Re:German MPs vote for new law to fine social media companie... by arethuza on Friday June 30, 2017 @06:57AM (#14669818)

I would expect any large company to have a subsidiary legal entity in each country it operates, even if just a sales office - they are operating in the local legal environment (in this case Germany).

e.g. Here is the UK subsidiary of Facebook - I'd expect there to be a German equivalent:

https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/06331310

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Re:German MPs vote for new law to fine social media companie... by grx on Friday June 30, 2017 @07:08AM (#14669867)

You are right, it is located in Hamburg. Thanks for the hint, I always assumed Ireland was the EU-wide location!

https://www.facebook.com/shiploveahoi https://www.firmenwissen.de/az/firmeneintrag/20355/215148792...

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Re:German MPs vote for new law to fine social media companie... by mirimir on Friday June 30, 2017 @07:01AM (#14669835)

Well, then they should shut down that German one, no?

And move all operations out of Germany.

Maybe blacklist all German IPs, just for jolly ;)

Edit: Also, Facebook does have a Tor onion gateway. For users in places that block access. That'd work as well for Germans as well as Chinese etc.

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Re:German MPs vote for new law to fine social media companie... by arethuza on Friday June 30, 2017 @07:05AM (#14669859)

And lose a potentially valuable market - yes they could do that.

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Re:German MPs vote for new law to fine social media companie... by mirimir on Friday June 30, 2017 @07:12AM (#14669888)

I wonder who would back down first.

At some point, Internet-based firms will need to take a stand on this. Otherwise, they'll just get pecked to death.

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Re:German MPs vote for new law to fine social media companie... by lnsp on Friday June 30, 2017 @07:05AM (#14669860)

I would love that blacklist idea. I could finally remove all the Facebook DNS block entries from my devices.

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