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Comment by TekMol | Hacker News Reader

What would happen if Meta and Google would say "As American companies, we are allowed to link to those news articles. If a Government thinks their citizens should not see those links, it is up to them to block their citizens from accessing our servers"?

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Errr that’s not really how it works. Meta sells ads and conducts business in Canada. They have Canadian entity which is required to conduct business in Canada, and must comply with local laws to be permitted to conduct business there

How do you mean a Canadian entity is required to conduct business in Canada?

Are Canadians not allowed to buy from foreign companies?

Meta and Google both have Canadian offices full of Canadian employees, so it's not like they have a purely virtual presence in Canada.

A Canadian citizen buying from a foreign company is not the same as the company conducting business in Canada.

The citizen takes on the responsibility of making sure the legal process of doing business in Canada is upheld. EG, they cannot buy something that is illegal to own in Canada, and the relevant taxes and tariffs must be paid, all of those things.

Should Canada be placing tariffs on Facebook? That would be interesting to see.

Meta employs thousands of people in Canada, so they absolutely have a legal nexus in Canada, and that legal nexus could be targeted.

Are you commenting from a seastead?

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