[boxed]

Doesn't it just mean the companies affected are flaunting the law?

[chongli]

I think you mean flouting (ignoring or defying) the law.

Flaunting means to display or show off, like going to the beach in a bikini after working so hard to get in shape.

[hyperdimension]

Wow, I've said flaunting (the law, rules, et c.) the whole time. Thanks!

[boxed]

You can probably continue doing so: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/flaunt

[boxed]

Huh. Interesting. I have never heard anyone say "flouting", but I have heard "flaunting" hundreds or thousands of times. Seems the confusion has been common enough for long enough that it's correct now: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/flaunt

Similar to any word really.. if enough people use it a certain way, then that is the correct way by definition.

[yard2010]

Well they kinda do that. "Look at what we can do, normal laws don't apply to us"

[chongli]

That’s flaunting their sense of impunity though, not flaunting the law itself which they didn’t draft.

[kristjansson]

or the law is ill-specified enough that 'complying' is impossible.