> following rules laid out in countries that it operates in
Exactly my point. Google can choose not to operate in countries where the rules are too egregiously antithetical to their mission.
> Facebook should have fought a major world power
Facebook is responsible for the damage because Facebook built the tools that enabled bad actors to hack democracies and Facebook profited from it (in the short term).
Google is in a similar position. Should they build the tools that enable systematic repression and profit from it?
Sure, they can claim they're "only following orders" but when has that ever worked out well?
>Google can choose not to operate in countries where the rules are too egregiously antithetical to their mission.
I'm all about fairness. Right now, Chinese companies have way more freedom in how they operate in West, than Western companies have in China. All I argued is that is fair for Western governments to put pressure and stand-up for fairness.
>Facebook is responsible for the damage because Facebook built the tools that enabled bad actors to hack democracies and Facebook profited from it (in the short term)
Yeah. They really dropped the ball on that one eh .. how could they have not foreseen being targeted by a major world power with limitless military, cyber and espionage resources. Are you nuts? Tech companies building photo-sharing social networks for grandma should not be left to deal with blatant attacks from belligerent world powers. Defense is the primary function of the nation state, not Facebook!
>ure, they can claim they're "only following orders" but when has that ever worked out well?
Exactly my point. Google can choose not to operate in countries where the rules are too egregiously antithetical to their mission.
> Facebook should have fought a major world power
Facebook is responsible for the damage because Facebook built the tools that enabled bad actors to hack democracies and Facebook profited from it (in the short term).
Google is in a similar position. Should they build the tools that enable systematic repression and profit from it?
Sure, they can claim they're "only following orders" but when has that ever worked out well?