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But how can a court have worldwide jurisdiction? I suppose it was technically harder to handle this request just for Indian users, since it was an unprecedented
by lopis 2y ago
But how can a court have worldwide jurisdiction? I suppose it was technically harder to handle this request just for Indian users, since it was an unprecedented request.
- aspenmayer 2y agoI don't believe it does, but the courts threatened to block Wikipedia or find WMF and likely any assets and/or staff in India in contempt if they did not comply, likely including fines.
- blackeyeblitzar 2y agoThis is similar to what Australia is doing to X, requesting content be taken down worldwide, which X is fighting.
- aspenmayer 2y agoI think that as of June this year, that saga has ended in favor of X: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/06/win-free-speech-australia-drops-global-takedown-order-case https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/06/win-free-speech-austra... https://archive.is/rgNKq https://archive.is/rgNKq
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- 93po 2y agoMany US laws apply to US companies regardless of where they're operating. A US company can't do something that's illegal in the US like bribery just because the employee doing it is based out of their (whatever country) headquarters.