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1. abroszka33 · 1790500847 · focus · HN ↗

   I hope Lula wins and they will ban Facebook for good after the elections. This is an attack on Brazil’s sovereignty.

   1. glerk · 1790502328 · focus · HN ↗

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      1. croes · 1790502597 · focus · HN ↗

         If you reach a certain market power it isn’t so easy anymore.

         If you become something like public infrastructure you have to act like one or reduce your importance

      2. ben_w · 1790502658 · focus · HN ↗

         > Your little corporation with a fancy flag and its “sovereignty” isn’t scaring anyone.

         Do I misunderstand, or are you calling Brazil, the nation whose population is around 214 million, a "little corporation"?

         1. glerk · 1790503204 · focus · HN ↗

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            1. vrganj · 1790504269 · focus · HN ↗

               That entity is the democratic representation of those two hundred million people. What you are suggesting is nothing less than colonial disenfranchisement of Latin America. I guess it wouldn't be the first time?

               1. glerk · 1790505055 · focus · HN ↗

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      3. NicuCalcea · 1790502663 · focus · HN ↗

         Corporations can host whatever they want and governments can ban them for it.

         1. cassianoleal · 1790502837 · focus · HN ↗

            And can also criminally prosecute the individuals responsible for those decisions if the law says so.
      4. cassianoleal · 1790502810 · focus · HN ↗

         Actually, elections in Brazil are highly regulated and rules are enforced in the name of fairness. If Meta/Facebook want to keep serving the Brazilian public, they need to abide by local laws.

         Brazil is not a "little corporation with a fancy flag". Brazil is a democratic republic. The largest in Latin America, and one of the largest in the world.

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