Re:Google, Apple cave to Pakistan pressure to take down apps...
by antihero on Friday February 05, 2021 @08:13AM
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Perhaps is more companies refused to do business in a country due to diabolical laws, people would start voting against politicians that create diabolical laws.
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Re:Google, Apple cave to Pakistan pressure to take down apps...
by levosmetalo on Friday February 05, 2021 @09:21AM
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So it's up to Google and other international companies to decide which laws are diabolical, which laws are bad and which can be tolerable? Why not going all the way down and let those companies write beautiful laws and also enforce them, everywhere in the world?
Re:Google, Apple cave to Pakistan pressure to take down apps...
by vharuck on Friday February 05, 2021 @09:40AM
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>So it's up to Google and other international companies to decide which laws are diabolical, which laws are bad and which can be tolerable?
Why not? They, like anyone else traveling or doing business internationally, should decide which countries should be avoided. They can use whatever opinions or judgements they want. It is possible for a huge international corporation to have some sway on a country by not doing business there. But that's not always a bad thing. I'm more afraid of bad governments never suffering from bad decisions than this slippery slope.
Re:Google, Apple cave to Pakistan pressure to take down apps...
by biswaroop on Friday February 05, 2021 @02:15PM
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They're private companies. They're free to decide which countries to serve in. That is very different from dictating the laws in the countries. In one case, they're sacrificing profits for company values. In the other case, they're forcing others to follow their laws. I honestly wouldn't care if a conservative Christian software company decided not to do business in California because they thought the state had immoral laws. That doesn't mean they're forcing their laws on us.
Re:Google, Apple cave to Pakistan pressure to take down apps...
by antihero on Monday February 08, 2021 @10:32AM
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I think if a law goes against your company values, such as egrariously stomping on human rights, you should have a principle and a backbone and not sacrifice those value to make money.
Re:Google, Apple cave to Pakistan pressure to take down apps...
by AnIdiotOnTheNet on Friday February 05, 2021 @12:11PM
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> So it's up to Google and other international companies to decide which laws are diabolical, which laws are bad and which can be tolerable?
Why not? If they can decide which speech is tolerated on their platforms and which isn't, then why not this?