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

Re:Facebook to move UK users to California terms, avoiding E... by KorematsuFred on Wednesday December 16, 2020 @02:50AM (#25440090)

Well jurisdiction matters based on which soil you are on and not which citizen you are.

This is overall a good move by FB that puts a lot of pressure on EU/UK to come up with more sensible laws. Note that EU/UK has barely produced any major company operating in consumer web/app. It is for a good reason.

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Re:Facebook to move UK users to California terms, avoiding E... by gosslot on Wednesday December 16, 2020 @02:56AM (#25440126)

I fail to see how this move puts pressure on the EU in any way.

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Re:Facebook to move UK users to California terms, avoiding E... by rebolek on Wednesday December 16, 2020 @02:57AM (#25440131)

I believe the reasons are different than good privacy protection. For example having ~25 different languages in EU.

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