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Look at what China is doing to airlines -- "Say Taiwan is a part of China or we won't let you operate here." They have essentially the same policy as everyone

Look at what China is doing to airlines -- "Say Taiwan is a part of China or we won't let you operate here." They have essentially the same policy as everyone else -- we'll force you to follow our laws, and if we can't we'll shut you out. Blocking the Winnie the Pooh content is no different. If China made up a large part of the audience of those sites, they would "have to" change. Ditto GDPR -- you can just ignore it and block Europe if you want, they're not forcing you to do anything.

bb88 8y ago
Edited to Add: The last time I checked, the US believes that Taiwan is part of China. [1] China has the stupid laws here. Instead of forcing them onto the rest of the world, they prevent the content from coming into their state. Likewise GDPR is a "stupid" law, so it's the EU's job to prevent non GDPR sites from coming into Europe, and not Facebook's responsiblity for complying with a stupid law. https://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/35855.htm https://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/35855.htm
- jakelazaroff 8y ago
  > it's the EU's job to prevent non GDPR sites from coming into Europe, and not Facebook's responsiblity for complying with a stupid law. As the grandparent said, it's not e.g. Facebook's responsibility to comply with the GDPR unless they want to do business in the EU.
  - throwaway11222 8y ago
    To be fair, this article says otherwise: https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbestechcouncil/2017/12/04/yes-the-gdpr-will-affect-your-u-s-based-business/#19ee758f6ff2 https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbestechcouncil/2017/12/04/ye...
    - guitarbill 8y ago
      That article doesn't really say that: > The organization would have to target a data subject in an EU country. Generic marketing doesn’t count. [...] However, any U.S. company that has identified a market in an EU country and has localized Web content should review their Web operations. (It's actually a decent article that captures the nuances of GDPR well.)

bb88 8y ago

Edited to Add: The last time I checked, the US believes that Taiwan is part of China. [1] China has the stupid laws here. Instead of forcing them onto the rest of the world, they prevent the content from coming into their state. Likewise GDPR is a "stupid" law, so it's the EU's job to prevent non GDPR sites from coming into Europe, and not Facebook's responsiblity for complying with a stupid law. https://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/35855.htm https://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/35855.htm

jakelazaroff 8y ago
> it's the EU's job to prevent non GDPR sites from coming into Europe, and not Facebook's responsiblity for complying with a stupid law. As the grandparent said, it's not e.g. Facebook's responsibility to comply with the GDPR unless they want to do business in the EU.
- throwaway11222 8y ago
  To be fair, this article says otherwise: https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbestechcouncil/2017/12/04/yes-the-gdpr-will-affect-your-u-s-based-business/#19ee758f6ff2 https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbestechcouncil/2017/12/04/ye...
  - guitarbill 8y ago
    That article doesn't really say that: > The organization would have to target a data subject in an EU country. Generic marketing doesn’t count. [...] However, any U.S. company that has identified a market in an EU country and has localized Web content should review their Web operations. (It's actually a decent article that captures the nuances of GDPR well.)