So what happens if like, Texas passes a law that says they have to store this data? Are online services all going to have to write up to 50 different backend implementations and accurately determine what state each user is in and route them to the correct system to be on the right side of US law?
I work in a tech company that is nowhere near the size of Meta. We have a legal team that constantly monitors laws not just in all states, but in all countries, in order to make sure we comply with everything everywhere. If you want to operate somewhere you have to follow the laws, it’s always been this way.
Some companies choose to just not offer their services in locations that have laws they’re not willing to comply with. Others go the other way and implement restrictive requirements - like EU and California privacy laws - globally, instead of checking for location and offering different experiences.
In a situation where different locations have conflicting requirements, like in your example, the options remain the same: either implement both regionally, or stop offering the product in one or both of those locations.
If you want to write a small website, app, or web service where the whole endeavor is less commitment than that kind of legal team, seems like you’d just be kind of screwed.
So what happens if like, Texas passes a law that says they have to store this data? Are online services all going to have to write up to 50 different backend implementations and accurately determine what state each user is in and route them to the correct system to be on the right side of US law?
I work in a tech company that is nowhere near the size of Meta. We have a legal team that constantly monitors laws not just in all states, but in all countries, in order to make sure we comply with everything everywhere. If you want to operate somewhere you have to follow the laws, it’s always been this way.
Some companies choose to just not offer their services in locations that have laws they’re not willing to comply with. Others go the other way and implement restrictive requirements - like EU and California privacy laws - globally, instead of checking for location and offering different experiences.
In a situation where different locations have conflicting requirements, like in your example, the options remain the same: either implement both regionally, or stop offering the product in one or both of those locations.
If you want to write a small website, app, or web service where the whole endeavor is less commitment than that kind of legal team, seems like you’d just be kind of screwed.
It will keep being apealed until it reaches a federal court.