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Within their jurisdiction? Yes absolutely. That's call the rule of law.
by lvs 6y ago
Within their jurisdiction? Yes absolutely. That's call the rule of law.
- Silhouette 6y agoOne interesting possibility here would be if Google closed down all Australia-based operations -- no more offices, no legal presence, no employees -- and offered its services to Australians purely over the Internet from somewhere else. At that point, Google wouldn't necessarily be within Australia's jurisdiction any more, and all Australia could really do would be either attempt to block access to Google services that was desired by its citizens (and look like China Lite) or attempt to exert some form of leverage on the host nation(s) from which Google was then offering its services (and since that list would presumably start with the US and possibly be followed by lots of places that want to do business with the US, good luck with that one).
- asdfasgasdgasdg 6y agoBut Google won't be in their jurisdiction any more, right? So everything is working as it should? Not a capital strike on democracy. Simply Google and Australia deciding to go their separate ways.
- missedthecue 6y agoI think that's called slavery. I'm not talking about having rules. I'm talking about forcing them to work and continue to provide services when they don't want to.
- lvs 6y agoI certainly don't think anyone is forcing Google to do business in any country or anywhere on earth.
- missedthecue 6y agoThe parent comment I initially replied to seemed to lament that this wasn't occurring.
- lvs 6y agoI think you either misunderstand the comment or the concept of sovereignty. If you live or do business in a country's sovereign territory, you fall under the jurisdiction and authority of their laws. If you don't live or work there, then you don't.