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> Facebook provides a lot of value to a lot of people: many of us find their products useful and enjoyable. People enjoy alcohol too and alcohol isn't a net po
by chmod775 6y ago
> Facebook provides a lot of value to a lot of people: many of us find their products useful and enjoyable.
People enjoy alcohol too and alcohol isn't a net positive to society either.
> It's not clear to me what you think Facebook should do differently.
Not trying to avoid taxation by incorporating in tax havens would be a pretty clear start.
- jefftk 6y agoThere's a distinction between the product and the company. I think France regulating the product is totally reasonable. I think France targeting something against the company in particular, because it is "extractive" is not. To extend your alcohol example, I think regulating alcohol content, labeling, distribution, advertising, are all reasonable. On the other hand, penalizing a company for manufacturing its alcohol in an automated way that employs far fewer people would not be. Are you talking about how they have their EU headquarters in Ireland? Ireland is an EU country, following EU regulations. If France or the EU want this to work differently, that's entirely within their power.