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Facebook tells Belgian government its use of English invalidates privacy case

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Our terms, not theirs

> Facebook has told the Belgian government that it cannot proceed with its privacy case against the social media giant because of its use of English terms

But surely England (you know: where English is spoken - and invented) can step in and "allow" the Belgians use of some of our words. Since the Americans actually speak american, not English, their argument seems invalid.

Of course, it's complicated, since the american word for their language is "English", although this is really just a failure of translation, than them trying to lay claim to an entire language. Especially when it's one they don't actually speak!

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