Russia Threatens to Shut Facebook Over Local Data Storage Laws

Re:Russia Threatens to Shut Facebook Over Local Data Storage... by zdkl on Wednesday September 27, 2017 @12:23AM (#15344906)

Provided you're rich enough to bankroll the judiciary action and the adverserial shakedowns. Which would also typically mean you don't care that much about the outcome of the trial, if you've got that much cash to throw around.

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Re:Russia Threatens to Shut Facebook Over Local Data Storage... by labster on Wednesday September 27, 2017 @02:14AM (#15345297)

Yes, but in the USA you don't have to be an oligarch. Even double-digit millionaires have effective access to the legal system.

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Re:Russia Threatens to Shut Facebook Over Local Data Storage... by Nuzzerino on Wednesday September 27, 2017 @08:56AM (#15347284)

It didn't keep Shkreli out of trouble though.

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Re:Russia Threatens to Shut Facebook Over Local Data Storage... by tryingagainbro on Wednesday September 27, 2017 @12:15PM (#15349267)

Well he did break quite a few laws and was an ass about it. Access to courts doesn't mean to ignore the laws. And he was guilty of poking the bear or something...

If he was in Russia he would have been warned to pay Igor and to stop making fun of the regime. Given his attitude, he might have been somewhere in Siberia, pulling his hair out.

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Re:Russia Threatens to Shut Facebook Over Local Data Storage... by zdkl on Wednesday September 27, 2017 @12:32PM (#15349470)

And would the world be a worse place for that...

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