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Facebook played fast and loose with privacy for over a decade. This might have worked in the US where corporate abuse and greed reigns supreme, but not so much
by kevin_b_er 8y ago
Facebook played fast and loose with privacy for over a decade. This might have worked in the US where corporate abuse and greed reigns supreme, but not so much in Europe. And Facebook elected to move its corporate nexus to Europe to tax dodge.
Were they so deluded to think Europe actually caring about privacy wouldn't one day come back to bite them?
- johnnyfaehell 8y agoI think the key deluded part of Facebook was thinking just because Mark Zuckerberg isn't in the UK or other nations that want to talk to him that he can just ignore them. This move just goes to show how the laws of another country can affect you without you going to that country.
- nighthawk1 8y agoIf there is one thing governments do not like it is being ignored and their power and reach is broad enough to make you comply in various ways.
- IBM 8y ago>And Facebook elected to move its corporate nexus to Europe to tax dodge. I don't think their HQ is in Europe but they probably have subsidiaries in Ireland, Netherlands or Luxembourg (like everyone else) for tax purposes. In any case, I don't think that would change anything in terms of avoiding privacy scrutiny.
- antidesitter 8y agoEurope is just as prone to corporate abuse and greed. See the new Copyright Directive pushed at the behest of European publishers.
- wowzap 8y agoSeriously. Does anybody think GDPR is more than just virtue signaling so they can fine companies?
- auslander 8y ago> Facebook played fast and loose with privacy for over a decade. It is their only business model, what else they can do?
- YeGoblynQueenne 8y ago>> Facebook played fast and loose with privacy for over a decade. This might have worked in the US where corporate abuse and greed reigns supreme, but not so much in Europe. Unfortunately, we have plenty of that in Europe, too.
- rmc 8y agoCombined with becoming a massively popular and influencial media company. Facebook can swing elections. So people who get elected are gonna get suspicious.