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They have the legal right, similar to the federal government in the USA. You can disagree with their judgement, but they clearly have the right to enforce it.

If every government in the world has a say on everything, nothing is permitted.

They do though within their borders?

referring to legality is self referential, since they enact the laws, everything they do can be legal. US could sentence commissioners to prison by enacting certain laws or declare war, we wouldn't certainly say 'they have a right to do that' in that situation.

Governments actually have the legal right to enact regulations on how companies operate within their jurisdiction.

If the company does not want to comply they can simply stop operating there.

The common meaning of language is important. If they want it to mean something other than 'verified' as commonly understood, they should rename it.

No divine right, just consumer protection.

USanians have been raised to believe that corporations are somehow above the law but that’s not true. Play stupid games, earn stupid fines a.k.a fuck with people and people will fuck back.