Let's be clear here: FB has been around for more than a decade. Germanys stance on hate speech has been clear all this while. Them now moving in to act on it in

Let's be clear here: FB has been around for more than a decade. Germanys stance on hate speech has been clear all this while. Them now moving in to act on it in the digital domain is hardly a surprise. Social Media giants ignoring local laws, while being occupied with taking over the world truly makes for a great Cinderella story -- but maybe part of growing is also growing up and preparing the business to comply with local laws, instead of waving the "this is so unreasonable" card when you didn't do so for a decade and then eventually get fined for it.