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Re:Getting my personal data out of Facebook by drtz on Monday May 20, 2019 @01:55PM (#19963092)
Isn't Ireland is home to these business because they have lower corporate taxes than the rest of the EU? Lower taxes likely make it harder to fund the regulatory agencies that should oversee these companies, which were intentionally courted to Ireland with lower taxes.

I don't disagree with you, but it seems to be largely a problem of Ireland's own making.

Re:Getting my personal data out of Facebook by mugsie on Monday May 20, 2019 @05:42PM (#19965550)
Sure, that is definitely part of it, but without those companies, our income tax take would be lower, so we are probably in a net positive.