Iwasondigg@lemmy.one 11 months ago
Does the EU have any jurisdiction? Elon doesn’t seem to care about this at all. I have a feeling there’s nothing they can do to him/Twitter. If they have no offices, servers, operations, bank accounts, etc. In the EU, there’s nothing they can do. They can fine him all they want.
paintbucketholder@lemmy.world 11 months ago
If Twitter is doing business and earning money in the European Union, then it has to abide by national law - just like any other business operating in the EU.
In a scenario where Twitter doesn’t comply with the law, the European Union can fine Twitter, appropriate earnings from the European market, sue in the United States or income bilateral agreements, file for extradition, or shut down Twitter in the EU via IP ban and having the app removed from the various national app stores. Google and Apple will comply for their app stores, and European providers will comply regarding an IP ban. Some people might still be able to figure out how to access Twitter via sideloading and VPN, bit it would effectively destroy Twitter’s business in the European Union.
So yes, there’s a lot the EU can do.
NeoNachtwaechter@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Correct. Plus EU law.
orrk@lemmy.world 11 months ago
“the platform former known as twitter” is liable in any part of the world it can easily be connected to from.