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by VikingCoder 4413 days ago
Google pulled out of China on principle.

China is a hell of a lot bigger than the EU.

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Pulling out of China is a good PR move (although that's not the main reason). Pulling out of Spain, not so much. The shitstorm that would ensue would be very detrimental.

And tbh, you won't see many lawsuits where people try to enforce their "right to be forgotten". We may have stronger libel laws here but we don't have the lawsuit culture of the US. There's no way it'll be cost-effective for Google to pull out from Spain or the EU.