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Re:Dear EU: Please Don't Ruin the Root by guerrilla on Monday May 10, 2021 @01:06PM (#27108256)
> Why is the EU trying to regulate outside it's jurisdiction?

My first question is are they or is this the authors view?

Re:Dear EU: Please Don't Ruin the Root by latk on Monday May 10, 2021 @05:48PM (#27111287)
It is primarily the authors view.

The proposed regulation – like many EU regulations – can also apply to non-EU entities. In this sense, the EU does try to exert extraterritorial jurisdiction.

However, this is constrained to the case where the non-EU entity targets people in the EU, so somehow participates in the EU market. The origins of this “targeting criterion” actually come from consumer protection cases, where it's easy to understand: if you advertise your goods or services to people in a particular country, you'll have to play by that country's rules.

Re:Dear EU: Please Don't Ruin the Root by jollybean on Monday May 10, 2021 @10:11PM (#27113405)
None of these systems advertise their goods or services anywhere really. So that's going to be a funny day in the ECJ.