Reply to post: Re: Tit for Tat, EU. We can do that too!

Foreign firms must obey EU laws no matter where they're based, says EU. Hear that, Google?

Grilgar

Re: Tit for Tat, EU. We can do that too!

The issue in the internet age is whether Google, et al, are technically "doing business" in the EU at all. If they are headquartered in the US and their servers are in the US (or at least outside the EU), then does the fact that EU citizens access their services make them subject to EU laws? It seems a fairly short argument to "no."

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