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It's to do with whether a company has a 'physical presence' in a country. Facebook has a large presence in Ireland as a company, and Ireland is part of Europe.
by lambada 15y ago
It's to do with whether a company has a 'physical presence' in a country. Facebook has a large presence in Ireland as a company, and Ireland is part of Europe.
It's less to do with a country enforcing it's laws abroad, and more to do with companies setting up a physical presence in a country.
- tonfa 15y agoIt doesn't have to be a physical presence. Some EU countries block gambling sites without a physical presence (for example, a court can decide that the french law applies, depending on a number of parameters, like among others the availability of translations)