Facebook to move UK users to California terms, avoiding EU privacy rules

Re:Facebook to move UK users to California terms, avoiding E... by zdragnar on Tuesday December 15, 2020 @05:51PM (#25436410)

They wouldn't have, had they actually obeyed the same laws and regulations.

Instead, they offered a nearly identical service (arranged via app rather than hailing streetside) and skirted around all of the regulations that had kept the incumbents entrenched for so long.

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Re:Facebook to move UK users to California terms, avoiding E... by 8note on Tuesday December 15, 2020 @07:50PM (#25437598)

Yes, and? This agrees with the statement that small companies are fluid and can find ways to work with regulations. Coming up with ways to avoid is that.

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Re:Facebook to move UK users to California terms, avoiding E... by zdragnar on Tuesday December 15, 2020 @08:33PM (#25437947)

I do not believe that violating the spirit, if not the letter, of laws and regulations is a good strategy for enabling small teams to disrupt large incumbents.

If we want a healthy market where small and large players alike can thrive, enabling regulatory capture and expecting small players to ignore regulations as long as they can is just bad policy.

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Re:Facebook to move UK users to California terms, avoiding E... by dkdk8283 on Wednesday December 16, 2020 @08:40AM (#25442346)

In every business I’ve been in success can be traced back to the wilingness to something grey. If you can find a loophole, profit.

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