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> "It just doesn't really make sense for me to go to hearings in every single country that wants to have me show up and, frankly, doesn't have jurisdiction to d

by siscia 7y ago

> "It just doesn't really make sense for me to go to hearings in every single country that wants to have me show up and, frankly, doesn't have jurisdiction to demand that." While this is technically true, I am not quite sure that it is the way to manage this kind of relationship. As European I am pretty pissed off just by this affirmation.

2rsf 7y ago
> doesn't have jurisdiction to demand that." I think the EU showed how powerful it is, not it might not have jurisdiction over Facebook's headquarters but they certainly do have over their local businesses
scarejunba 7y ago
Why? He went to Europe. Obviously he's not going to Leichtenstein and Azerbaijan.
- siscia 7y ago
  Did he go to England? > Azerbaijan This is a very wide definition of Europe...
  - scarejunba 7y ago
    England is in Europe yet. I put that other thing in there to point out that he's not going to go to some random country not claiming (or non-claiming) that Azerbaijan is in Europe.
  - cjhopman 7y ago
    > > Azerbaijan > This is a very wide definition of Europe... wtf? what definition of Europe doesn't include Azerbaijan? > As European I am pretty pissed off just by this affirmation. According to wikipedia, there are 50 countries in Europe. So are you truly pissed off that he would say that it doesn't make sense for him to go to Malta or Azerbaijan just because they want to parade him before some cameras? And that the company would be happy to send a representative that is senior/authorized to represent them in such legal proceedings. Or maybe you just mean, well, you don't count those smaller countries. Just the big ones. In which case, the UK would be behind 4 other european countries by population. And if that's what you feel matters, maybe he should first go to the 7 chinese provinces with greater population and the 7 indian provinces. And all that would just be if we accept the UK as the very minimum of what he would have to go to if requested. Really the whole idea is nonsense. The idea that the CEO of some company needs to be at the beck and call of every elected official in some podunk country is crazy.
    - areyousure 7y ago
      > what definition of Europe doesn't include Azerbaijan? From the Wikipedia article you mention: """The UN Statistics Department places Azerbaijan in Western Asia for statistical convenience: "The assignment of countries or areas to specific groupings is for statistical convenience and does not imply any assumption regarding political or other affiliation of countries or territories." The CIA World Factbook places Azerbaijan in South Western Asia, with a small portion north of the Caucasus range in Europe. National Geographic and Encyclopædia Britannica also place Georgia in Asia."""

by siscia 7y ago

2rsf 7y ago

> doesn't have jurisdiction to demand that." I think the EU showed how powerful it is, not it might not have jurisdiction over Facebook's headquarters but they certainly do have over their local businesses

scarejunba 7y ago

Why? He went to Europe. Obviously he's not going to Leichtenstein and Azerbaijan.

siscia 7y ago
Did he go to England? > Azerbaijan This is a very wide definition of Europe...
- scarejunba 7y ago
  England is in Europe yet. I put that other thing in there to point out that he's not going to go to some random country not claiming (or non-claiming) that Azerbaijan is in Europe.
- cjhopman 7y ago
  > > Azerbaijan > This is a very wide definition of Europe... wtf? what definition of Europe doesn't include Azerbaijan? > As European I am pretty pissed off just by this affirmation. According to wikipedia, there are 50 countries in Europe. So are you truly pissed off that he would say that it doesn't make sense for him to go to Malta or Azerbaijan just because they want to parade him before some cameras? And that the company would be happy to send a representative that is senior/authorized to represent them in such legal proceedings. Or maybe you just mean, well, you don't count those smaller countries. Just the big ones. In which case, the UK would be behind 4 other european countries by population. And if that's what you feel matters, maybe he should first go to the 7 chinese provinces with greater population and the 7 indian provinces. And all that would just be if we accept the UK as the very minimum of what he would have to go to if requested. Really the whole idea is nonsense. The idea that the CEO of some company needs to be at the beck and call of every elected official in some podunk country is crazy.
  - areyousure 7y ago
    > what definition of Europe doesn't include Azerbaijan? From the Wikipedia article you mention: """The UN Statistics Department places Azerbaijan in Western Asia for statistical convenience: "The assignment of countries or areas to specific groupings is for statistical convenience and does not imply any assumption regarding political or other affiliation of countries or territories." The CIA World Factbook places Azerbaijan in South Western Asia, with a small portion north of the Caucasus range in Europe. National Geographic and Encyclopædia Britannica also place Georgia in Asia."""