I am the last person to defend Facebook in anything, but I agree with them that this ruling is problematic. The gist is that a European court has ruled that its order to take down content applies world-wide. The implication, though, is that other countries can and should be able to apply the same principle, and if they did, it would result in informational chaos. If the national court of, say, Burkina Faso, say, were to reinstate its regulation that all photographers must have a permit, how would Europe respond? No court ought to be able to impose its rulings world-wide, except maybe the World Court.
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