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IANAL but they could also just pull out of the UK, and they have no jurisdiction on Meta in the USA. They'd still be able to have users in the UK, since the UK
by dheera 3y ago
IANAL but they could also just pull out of the UK, and they have no jurisdiction on Meta in the USA.
They'd still be able to have users in the UK, since the UK isn't the type of country that is going to put up a national firewall.
- cmeacham98 3y agoI assume Facebook sells ads to UK business, which is something the UK could stop. They probably also have UK employees but I'm too lazy to confirm that.
- airstrike 3y agoFunny you mention that, because the UK (CMA) ordered Facebook to undo its acquisition of Giphy after it had already closed on the grounds that Giphy might potentially have entered the UK market and competed with Facebook had it not been acquired https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/oct/18/facebook-meta-sell-giphy-cma https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/oct/18/facebook-...
- blibble 3y agoas long as they've traded in the US under that mark they'd be protected? doesn't even need to be registered