Dublin, Hamburg, London, Madrid, Milan, Paris, Stockholm.
Even if they didn't actually have physical offices in Europe, there are any number of situations in which Facebook may end up subjecting itself to some European laws. Consider:
* Taking advertising from European companies.
* Partnering with European developers on its platform.
* Using the services of European companies (datacenters, bandwidth, marketing...).
* Employing European employees, whether as ordinary employees or contractors.
* Attempting to enforce trademarks or copyrights in Europe.
In addition, if they wish European corporations to use Facebook to communicate with their customers, they need to not do anything that would expose those corporations to potential liability under European law.
There are a half-billion people in EU territory. They are on average relatively well-educated and wealthy consumers. That'd be one hell of a market to cut yourself off from financially.
Dublin, Hamburg, London, Madrid, Milan, Paris, Stockholm.
Even if they didn't actually have physical offices in Europe, there are any number of situations in which Facebook may end up subjecting itself to some European laws. Consider:
* Taking advertising from European companies.
* Partnering with European developers on its platform.
* Using the services of European companies (datacenters, bandwidth, marketing...).
* Employing European employees, whether as ordinary employees or contractors.
* Attempting to enforce trademarks or copyrights in Europe.
In addition, if they wish European corporations to use Facebook to communicate with their customers, they need to not do anything that would expose those corporations to potential liability under European law.
There are a half-billion people in EU territory. They are on average relatively well-educated and wealthy consumers. That'd be one hell of a market to cut yourself off from financially.