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I imagine US regulators would be on Facebook's side there. The US can't really tolerate a world where the EU purports to reach inside American borders and forci
by amarkov 8y ago
I imagine US regulators would be on Facebook's side there. The US can't really tolerate a world where the EU purports to reach inside American borders and forcibly reorganize American companies.
- zaarn 8y agoThe US regulators didn't seem to mind when the EU complained about IE... When you do business in a country or union be prepared that they will enact their law on you.
- amarkov 8y agoAbsolutely. Facebook deliberately chooses to have a business presence in the EU, and nobody denies that this means the EU can levy fines against them or set rules on how they operate within the EU.
- thebradbain 8y agoNormally I’d agree with you, but my personal opinion is that this current administration seems to only help those it personally approves of (extending an olive branch to China and ZTE, coal miners, steel mills, middle America...) and root for the demise of those it doesn’t (Amazon/Bezos, any major newspaper, net neutrality, tech in general...)
- veddox 8y agoThe US have no qualms about regulating European companies, so they shouldn't complain. Just recently they were trying to keep Europeans out of Iran to enforce their unilateral sanctions...