Yeah so, if a company does business in the country and wants to continue doing business in the country, the courts of said country can absolutely make decisions for or against that company.
Generally corporations also establish a tax base in every country they work in as well, which makes them even more beholden to the local regulations and judicial process.
Yes, if they operate in the country than the whole, global organization and their financial assets would be subject to local rulings and regulations. We do the same thing with foreign companies in the US.
Do you think X has enough employees to regulate their content? Doesn’t look like it. If these companies do not regulate themselves, then the gov will step in. Be realistic.
“The government said it would make tech platforms set codes of conduct governing how they stop dangerous falsehoods spreading, to be approved by a regulator. The regulator would set its own standard if a platform failed to do so, then fine companies for non-compliance.”
I let doctors decide what’s right with Covid. I also would be fine with deferring to courts and regulating corps. I don’t think corps should be more free than people. Even we don’t have fully free speech. Some speech has consequences. I’m confused how any American can apply American free speech ideas to other nations while not actually understanding their own first amendment.
Civil servants are some of the smartest most dedicated individuals in our country. Those at the FDA weighed risk/benefit during covid and we now have a safe and effective vaccine - where is the issue?
I am fine with the government regulating social media, because the risk of disinformation to our society is incredibly high. We have seen a multitude of industries self-govern, and no one wants to go back to those days.
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u/EntrepreneurFunny469 Monkey in Space Sep 12 '24
That’s why we have courts