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Re:Russia opens criminal investigation of Meta over death ca... by gruez on Friday March 11, 2022 @04:10PM (#30646063)
Okay, what's the alternative? Only following US law? That's just going to end up with the service being blocked in other countries. Follow the strictest law? The you end up having to cave to blasphemy laws in despotic countries.
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Re:Russia opens criminal investigation of Meta over death ca... by true_religion on Friday March 11, 2022 @04:58PM (#30646520)
Well, not specific to US law… but it’s good for companies to simply only follow the laws of their own home nation. If this creates an unfair situation, then the country’s can work together to come to consensus.

I would love to see the allied governments talk more about trade pacts, and economic issues.

As for getting your service blocked, look at the GDPR for example. People will self censor themselves entirely if you are important enough. Out of mere fear of being sued over cookies, US regional media sites stopped displaying in Europe voluntarily. That’s something tin pot dictators couldn’t do even when they were clear the content of US news sites was illegal to the point of being punishable by death.

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Re:Russia opens criminal investigation of Meta over death ca... by lostlogin on Friday March 11, 2022 @11:17PM (#30648957)
This is a terrible idea, and is how the whole ‘flag of convenience’ thing came to exist. Desperate countries will sell their lawmaking to the highest bidder (are you could argue that this already happens with taxation laws).

The idea that a company could do something blatantly illegal in my country because it’s legal someplace else is just crazy. Teslas are made in the US, should they follow US road rules when in left hand driving countries?

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Re:Russia opens criminal investigation of Meta over death ca... by des1nderlase on Saturday March 12, 2022 @01:06AM (#30649332)
TikTok for example?
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