>But if you, as a customer of those websites, agree to them knowing you are there, and they chose to share that with others, what right does the government have

>But if you, as a customer of those websites, agree to them knowing you are there, and they chose to share that with others, what right does the government have to prevent that? >Why is this not a 'just don't use the service if you don't like it' deal? This philosophy goes both ways. Facebook decided to do business in other countries and to do so they are bound to respect the laws of those countries. If they don't like those laws their are perfectly free to stop operating there and let other companies take their share of the market.