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The point I think a few are trying to make is that the censorship in China issue is completely unrelated and irrelevant with respect to the monopoly issue. You
by jaaron 8y ago
The point I think a few are trying to make is that the censorship in China issue is completely unrelated and irrelevant with respect to the monopoly issue.
You want to break them up with anti-trust because they're a monopoly? Sure. Go ahead and investigate and figure that out.
You want to ... punish/regulate/? them because they do business in China? You may not like it, but I don't see under what regulation or law you can do that?
The best analogy is US companies that contract with sweatshops. There's actually not a lot I'm aware of that can be done in the US court system, outside of utilizing trade treaties that require adherence to certain labor regulations.
- DenisM 8y ago>under what regulation or law you can do that? this question is answered in the parent post to: >>>There are no US laws against private companies building censorship tools in the US, let alone in China >>Not yet. Maybe there should be [a new law -- DenisM]. ;) If the problem is deemed severe a new law could be made that restricts participation in "oppressive activities", however they are defined. This would be similar to "trading with the enemy" act [1], or to COCOM [2], or to terrorism-related financial restrictions, or to Iran / N Korea / Russia sanctions. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trading_with_the_Enemy_Act_of_1917 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trading_with_the_Enemy_Act_of_... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coordinating_Committee_for_Multilateral_Export_Controls https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coordinating_Committee_for_Mul...