Do people not understand that companies on this scale are geopolitically important?

oaiey a day ago | parent | next [-]

Thank they should act like it and respect the laws of the countries.

If you run to the US executive to assert US understanding of law onto other countries you are geopolitical important, however, as a tool for the US national interest not as a true international company. A true international company would serve their customers in their legal systems. Fight the laws there, try to make them better, but don't strongarm them with other country forces. They are a sovereign country.

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pavon a day ago | parent | next [-]

When a country is trying to impose extra-territorial laws, then it goes beyond enforcing their sovereignty, and it is completely reasonable for the affected to request diplomatic intervention.

	▲	itsyonas 21 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Surely I don't need to point out the irony of complaining to the US government about another country wanting to impose extraterritorial laws?
	▲	oytis 12 hours ago \| parent \| prev \| next [-]
		It would be nice if we had an international agreement on how to apply sovereignity on the internet without infinging on sovereignity of other countries. US would be in a great position to initiate this if the current administration had any understanding of what "international agreement", "sovereignity" or "other countries" means.
	▲	oaiey 15 hours ago \| parent \| prev \| next [-]
		Well the law is surely addressing European/Italian citizens and business. If you serve them from the US and target Italians for financial gain, you are no longer extraterritorial because you operate there as a business.
	▲	croes 14 hours ago \| parent \| prev \| next [-]
		You mean like the US with it's sanctions that prevent European countries getting payments per credit card or Paypal when they sell Cuban products?
	▲	Hamuko 21 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Has Trump considered bombing Italy and kidnapping Meloni yet?

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ta9000 a day ago | parent | prev [-]

Italy should have no right to take a website off the internet globally, which from what I’ve read this allows them to do. That’s insane.

	▲	oaiey 8 hours ago \| parent [-]
		They have all right to sanction or restrict a company which has a legal footprint in their territory. When you are incorporating as a company in a country you are subject to their laws. Period. If that includes rules how you act worldwide, than that is a part of it. Do not get me wrong, restricting free speech or apply IP law outside your territory is IMHO not right for a country to do.

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Quothling 21 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Why would Italy pick Cloudflare over Bunny.net or even CDNetworks if Cloudflare can't follow their laws? Today US tech products sell well in Europe because of the past 80 years of positive relationships. So Cloudflare is the obvious choice over CDNetworks, but for how long will it be like that?

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dandellion a day ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Maybe that's the way it is in the US, because the country is run by corporations. But in the rest of the world we don't operate like that.

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tag2103 a day ago | parent | prev | next [-]

The Italians obviously don't

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croes 14 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Geopolitical important companies are a bad thing. Imagine the company being an Iranian or North Korean company.

That's one countries leverage against another countries laws.

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oytis a day ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I mean, that's an argument for making them respect your country's laws or banning them from your country if they don't want to.

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jacquesm a day ago | parent | prev [-]

They're not.