[Advisors] local internet laws threaten to go global

[Marita Moll]

Colleagues: The internet is starting to reach across borders in ways we 
never expected. Soon there will be no avoiding the question of national 
laws vs. international practices.

*Google case asks: Can Europe export privacy rules world-wide?*

Google on Tuesday will appeal an order to extend the European Union’s 
“right to be forgotten” to its search engines across the globe, arguing 
before the EU’s top court that the order encourages countries to assert 
sovereignty beyond their borders.

National laws used to stop at the border. In cyberspace, they 
increasingly stretch around the world, as regulators in Europe, the U.S. 
and Canada have started asserting legal authority over the internet 
across country lines.

That is thrusting global tech firms like Google,Facebook 
<http://quotes.wsj.com/FB>Inc.andMicrosoft 
<http://quotes.wsj.com/MSFT>Corp.into a potentially costly legal morass, 
and setting the stage for conflict over who will—or should—regulate 
everything from free speech and privacy to cybercrime and tax

https://www.wsj.com/articles/local-internet-laws-threaten-to-go-global-1536490801

Marita

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