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[izacus]

It's as absurd as Google/Facebook/et al. adopting US cultural norms as global standard of banning ads, YouTube content, social media content and everything else for the whole world.

Meaning: not absurd at all.

[JD557 → izacus]

While I don't agree with some of Google/Facebook/et al. standards, I think that's not a fair comparison, since they are US based companies following US cultural norms, not EU based companies following US cultural norms.

[lucideer → JD557]

They may be founded in the US, and primarily headquartered there, but the large sprawling EU headquarters of the same companies do apply US cultural norms locally. I don't see the unfairness in the comparison.

[matsemann → JD557]

Huh, thought they all were Irish companies.

[ggregoire → JD557]

Privacy and individual protection against big companies are EU cultural norms? Glad to be an EU citizen then.

[desas → JD557]

Facebook and Google have many subsidiary companies based in the EU

[monocasa → desas]

At not just little subsidiaries either. Up until very recently, all ad revenue was going through their Irish subsidiary.

[jen20 → JD557]

Google and Facebook both have significant European and Asian businesses (complete with offices stuffed full of engineers, marketing and management), so calling them US companies is wrong: they are _global_ companies which happen to be headquartered in the US.