IANAL, but my impression of the US legal system vs various (continental) Europe legal systems is the former is completely engrossed with the letter of the law while the latter is much more focused on the spirit of the law.
If FB gets shafted in the processs of discovering this fact of life, all the better.
At the very least, from a "I expect the worst from my government" skeptic POV, one could see this as a good shakedown opportunity from Facebook for massive fines.
The only reason that doesn't happen is either fear of FB or corruption.
facebook is probably laughing harder at this. A few billion in fines, combined with low irish taxation is still not big enough to justify pulling out of the EU market. The EU decided a bit too late to build a chinese-style 'firewall' around european tech and it's not really working. Instead they are playing cat and mouse with big corp, which really shows that these laws were mainly meant to have an apotropaeic effect
Probably. They're the only big guys making a credible effort though. Russia/China won't be doing anything. US & associated lobbying basically IS big tech now.
i don't really mean a censorship firewall, rather an attempt to shoo US companies from the EU market the same way that China is protecting its own companies.
What kind of a fucking firewall is it now? It's not for censorship, it's not for preferential treatment. You keep calling a firewall but can't say what it actually does.
IANAL, but my impression of the US legal system vs various (continental) Europe legal systems is the former is completely engrossed with the letter of the law while the latter is much more focused on the spirit of the law.
If FB gets shafted in the processs of discovering this fact of life, all the better.