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[NotAllThere]

... but "control it"? Not in a million years.

China thinks otherwise.

[Yorkie62]

UK law, obviously.

Facebook got UK subsidiary anyway, and even if it didn't they'd still have to obey it because they TRADE IN THIS COUNTRY.

Do you understand that, imbecile? Just like after Brexit UK companies will have to follow EU law when trading with EU (customers who are there), even if physically they are not there - we'll have to collect VAT same way we do now.

The only difference will be that UK no longer have a say (veto in many cases) about EU laws.

There's your problem right there wrt to using UK law. First you have to establish that the trade, in this case transaction for advertising space, happened in the UK and there under UK law. If, as I suspect it occurred under transnational boarders, i.e. cyber space, then as others have said who's law do you use. Isn't the internet a wonderful thing when you want to avoid prosecution.

[WTFH]

After next year, surprisingly almost no veto at all (Lisbon Treaty, go and look it up). As long as 15 countries agree, pretty much everything gets waived through. The one exception seems to be "if the Germans don't agree", since their population is big enough to trigger an exemption. All them extra Syrians will come in handy after all, it seems.

And if you think anyone (UK govt or EU govt) can tell Facebook who they can or can't accept advertising revenues from, you're a deluded "imbecile". There's "trading" and there's "the Internet". Anyone who thinks they can control the latter is an idiot. Police it, yes (but only by restriction), but "control it"? Not in a million years.

Please, provide a link to your claims about what is in the Lisbon Treaty, particularly relating to next year and the veto.

[DaveB]

Which law would that be? UK law, or US law? Facebook is a US company. We could stick Nick Clegg in jail for 10 years (and I don't have a problem with that, unsurprisingly) but short of blocking Facebook in the UK, we are in no position to tell Facebook who they can and can't take money from for their ads. You can't control or regulate the internet, you can only ban access to certain parts of it from your own citizens. Your Russian roots are starting to show...

The UK can't tell FB who they can take money from but, if the content posted as a result constitutes an offense in the UK then law enforcement agencies can request the details of who was behind it and FB are obliged to provide it and remove the content. If the individuals concerned are based in the UK they can then be prosecuted.

[Mordac]

China thinks otherwise.

No, they police it, mostly by restriction. Mind you, if they get their infrastructure in place, you may have a point...

[WTFH]

Please, provide a link to your claims about what is in the Lisbon Treaty, particularly relating to next year and the veto.

Hey Mordac, we're waiting...

Maybe you were thinking go the proven lies of Esther McVey, or the opinion piece in the Telegraph of a few years ago, or perhaps you've received an email from a serial liar claiming there are 26 things the EU doesn't want you to know about the Lisbon Treaty.

Please provide a link to your claims, and if they came from someone you know, make sure you let them know they are spreading lies, unless you're happy for lies to be spread as long as it makes you feel happy.

[Bean]

Hey Mordac, we're waiting...

Maybe you were thinking go the proven lies of Esther McVey, or the opinion piece in the Telegraph of a few years ago, or perhaps you've received an email from a serial liar claiming there are 26 things the EU doesn't want you to know about the Lisbon Treaty.

Please provide a link to your claims, and if they came from someone you know, make sure you let them know they are spreading lies, unless you're happy for lies to be spread as long as it makes you feel happy.

Voting in the Council of the European Union - Wikipedia

Search for the word 'extended' and look for the table at the bottom of the page.

HTH

[WTFH]

Voting in the Council of the European Union - Wikipedia

Search for the word 'extended' and look for the table at the bottom of the page.

HTH

None of that mentions next year.

[Bean]

None of that mentions next year.

http://europeanmemoranda.cabinetoffi...19/02/Scan.pdf

[BlasterBates]

http://europeanmemoranda.cabinetoffi...19/02/Scan.pdf

...and what sort of vote would be required to make this European law ?