Germany orders changes to Facebook real name policy

Re:Germany orders changes to Facebook real name policy by vegardx on Tuesday December 18, 2012 @08:56AM (#4937474)

I'd argue that we should listen very carefully to what Germany has to say on the matter, historically, they know and have learned from past mistakes.

Also, Facebook has a data center in Finland, which is under EU-jurisdiction. Germany has a lot of say internally in EU, so Facebook could very quickly be subject to such laws - as they should!

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Re:Germany orders changes to Facebook real name policy by stfu on Tuesday December 18, 2012 @09:01AM (#4937491)

Facebook has quite a few offices in Europe. However most are probably just selling ads and doing localization.

Dublin, Ireland; Hamburg, Germany; London, UK; Madrid, Spain; Milan, Italy; Paris, France; Stockholm, Sweden

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Re:Germany orders changes to Facebook real name policy by antidoh on Tuesday December 18, 2012 @09:18AM (#4937557)

"just selling ads"

"Just?" That's their whole business. If they're selling ads in a country, then they're "doing business" in that country.

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Re:Germany orders changes to Facebook real name policy by stfu on Tuesday December 18, 2012 @11:10AM (#4938087)

Sure, but I am not quite sure how they are structuring this from a legal perspective. Wouldn't be surprised if this were in fact some pseudo-independently operating branches for both tax reasons as well as the protection of their US assets.

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Re:Germany orders changes to Facebook real name policy by X-Istence on Tuesday December 18, 2012 @09:19AM (#4937559)

At that point they are required to follow German laws. Don't like it, remove your offices from Germany :P

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