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The key word is operate. If you operate in a country you have to follow its laws. If you run a business as a single entity you only have to follow the laws of t

The key word is operate. If you operate in a country you have to follow its laws. If you run a business as a single entity you only have to follow the laws of the country there it is based. Why? Because the jurisdiction of foreign countries ends at their border. My products are sold globally but are probably illegal in many places. I don't give a flying fuck about complying with another countries laws. For example, one of my businesses is illegal in China, do I self censor it to prevent having Chinese customers? No, if any Chinese break the law using my products - that's on them, it's their choice, I give them the power to do what they want. Facebook does operate in NZ but it's unclear whether this company is responsible for the public facing product, or is just reselling advertising from a seperate company. It could be dissolved tomorrow and nothing would happen because NZ isn't going to block Facebook like Iran or Egypt. The NZ government has no legal or defacto control over what happens on Facebook.

EdwardDiego 4y ago
> If you run a business as a single entity you only have to follow the laws of the country there it is based. That train of thought hasn't worked out well for a lot of business people running, say, online gambling that violates US law, while based in Bermuda. They often get detained in transit through the the US. If you want to operate in a market, you have to obey the laws of the nation governing that market. Otherwise, you don't get to. It's straightforward.
- concordDance 4y ago
  You can make available your illegal information as long as you don't transit through that country. Of you violate Russian laws avoid Russia.
  - EdwardDiego 4y ago
    /me looks at Kim DotCom. Extradition treaties exist...
quixoticelixer- 4y ago
It turns out that the NZ government literally does have defacto control over what happens on facebook though.
Taniwha 4y ago
In New Zealand it does - The Harmful Digital Communications act provides a safe harbour provided someone like Facebook participates in helping deal with abusive content, and takes it down where appropriate Again, as I said above, countries can pass their own laws - that's what gives them the legal right to do stuff - equally Facebook is free not to do business in any country they like

EdwardDiego 4y ago

> If you run a business as a single entity you only have to follow the laws of the country there it is based. That train of thought hasn't worked out well for a lot of business people running, say, online gambling that violates US law, while based in Bermuda. They often get detained in transit through the the US. If you want to operate in a market, you have to obey the laws of the nation governing that market. Otherwise, you don't get to. It's straightforward.

concordDance 4y ago
You can make available your illegal information as long as you don't transit through that country. Of you violate Russian laws avoid Russia.
- EdwardDiego 4y ago
  /me looks at Kim DotCom. Extradition treaties exist...

quixoticelixer- 4y ago

It turns out that the NZ government literally does have defacto control over what happens on facebook though.

Taniwha 4y ago

In New Zealand it does - The Harmful Digital Communications act provides a safe harbour provided someone like Facebook participates in helping deal with abusive content, and takes it down where appropriate Again, as I said above, countries can pass their own laws - that's what gives them the legal right to do stuff - equally Facebook is free not to do business in any country they like