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That monopoly on force works great against entities within your country, but it’s a lot less threatening for foreign entities. Let’s say that Zukerberg tells t
by mikeash 8y ago
That monopoly on force works great against entities within your country, but it’s a lot less threatening for foreign entities.
Let’s say that Zukerberg tells the UK government to fuck off. There would surely be consequences against Facebook’s UK assets, and maybe employees. But that’s a small part of Facebook overall, and he may decide this is worth it. Direct consequences for him will be limited. He probably couldn’t travel to the UK anymore, but would anyone else extradite him for this sort of thing? Seems unlikely. And it’s not like the UK is going to send in the SAS to kidnap him in another country.
- azernik 8y agoWhy does Facebook want to have UK users? Because he gets paid for advertising. Who advertises on Facebook and targets UK users? Companies in the UK. Who controls the banking system through which that money flows? The UK banking system. There are many sanctions the UK can impose short of a full ban. They can issue fines (and collect them), interfere with the Facebook cash flow, in the case of things that are crimes in both the UK and the US can formally request extradition, etc. I think the HN crowd has been reading a bit too much cyberpunk.