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Comment by JoeAltmaier | Hacker News Reader

I'm not even sure what it means to 'exit Australia'. We're talking a website here.

Cease operation in that territory and refuse connections from Australian IP Addresses? And possibly pull the related Apps from the Australian AppStore & GooglePlay.

Additionally, Australia would probably come down hard on any attempts for Facebook to market or solicit customers within their nation.

intelligence agencies love facebook. it won't happen.

Everyone in Australia loves Facebook, Instagram, Whatsapp. It won't even need to make it to the intelligence agencies, the people will be the ones who cry first if anyone does any crying.

It would at least need to stop taking advertising money from Australian companies and individuals. Probably let go employees and close offices.

The same way the US government bans certain sites from existing in the USA - (attempted, at least) the pirate bay, child sex trafficking sites etc.

If a government of a country defines a website illegal, then that website simply will not be accessible from that country, end of story.

*being hosted in the USA

The US, despite leading the charge vis-a-vis the MPAA, has speech laws that make website blocking and censorship extremely difficult.

and Facebook is not really "in" Australia.

Facebook Ireland operates Facebook in Australia.

https://www.smh.com.au/business/companies/how-facebook-austr...

Many websites are not accessible for clients with an IP address from EU after GDPR. I believe it’s called geo-blocking!

Technically, that's "Australia exiting Facebook"?

See: Netflix

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