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Facebook Could Face EU Sanctions If It Doesn't Change Its TOS (theverge.com)
According to Reuters, Facebook could face sanctions for not complying with the European Union's consumer rules. "Back in February, the company was told to change its users terms and conditions to recently updated EU standards, but it has yet to do so," The Verge reports. From the report: In February, Facebook changed its terms of service, but to EU officials, it wasn't enough. "While Google's latest proposals appear to be in line with the requests made by consumer authorities, Facebook and, more significantly, Twitter, have only partially addressed important issues about their liability and about how users are informed of possible content removal or contract termination," the European Commission stated in a press release at the time.
As detailed back in February, authorities want Facebook to better protect consumers' rights, including the ability to withdraw from an online purchase, sue in Europe and not in California where Facebook is based. The EU also wants more consumer-friendly rules around the social media platform's legal liability when its service performs poorly. According to Reuters, Facebook's non-compliance contrasts with Airbnb's obedience, as the rental platform adjusted its terms of service recently after being asked to do so back in July. Airbnb is now more transparent about pricing details and has better terms for consumers using its platform in the EU.
As detailed back in February, authorities want Facebook to better protect consumers' rights, including the ability to withdraw from an online purchase, sue in Europe and not in California where Facebook is based. The EU also wants more consumer-friendly rules around the social media platform's legal liability when its service performs poorly. According to Reuters, Facebook's non-compliance contrasts with Airbnb's obedience, as the rental platform adjusted its terms of service recently after being asked to do so back in July. Airbnb is now more transparent about pricing details and has better terms for consumers using its platform in the EU.
I mean, sure, Facebook doesn't have to do business with the EU. It'll tank their stock price to give up their second most valuable market, but it's up to them.
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Honestly I'm not really sure I can root for either side.
That's cos you're a dumbass, just saying.
But the EU is AT LEAST equal in how terrible it is.
No it isn't.
Not sure there's actually an acceptable "winner" in this.
The EU.
SJW n. One who posts facts.
In what way is EU terrible?
Remember that Putin is investing a lot in creating animosity towards EU to make more countries leave.
Just saying that EU is terrible or "undemocratic" isn't going to fly. You'll have to go into specifics if you don't want to be disregarded as just another Putinbot.
You'd be surprised about how many things you might think are US but which have European origin.
Just in the city where I live, we have Spotify, Skype, Mojang, development centres for HTC, Sony and Huawei, and the bulk of Oracle's Java development. MySQL is an hour away.
As to music: A few blocks from where I live is an music studio, operated by Max Martin who produced Taylor Swift, Ariana Grande, Christina Aguilera, Katy Perry among others... i.e. the most successful US pop artists of the last decade. Made in Europe.
And yeah, the WWW was developed at CERN. Guess what the E stands for.
"We mustn't be caught by surprise by our own advancing technology" -- Aldous Huxley
Sorry? Did you have an actual argument?
Do you have an actual argument?
To chose a winner here you have to look at where each party stands on the issue at hand. Saying that FB is horrible in general and that the EU is even worse in general doesn't help in regards to this specific case.
The EU wants FB to follow the law of the land when doing business in the EU. FB doesn't want to change it's TOS to conform to the law.
The laws in question strengthen consumer rights and consumer protections.
So for me, the winner in this case is clearly the EU.