Companies fear that if its users, like the French teacher, win cases against them, it could require them to tailor-make their sites for each specific country\u2019s laws \u2014 an expensive task even in the E.U., which has 28 member states. That makes the issue of jurisdiction key to many cases. \u201cThis question that is on everyone\u2019s minds right now, not only for Facebook but also Google and Twitter, because all these entities have international scope and reach,\u201d says Adam Holland, project coordinator for the Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard Law School. \u201cWe don\u2019t want to let local laws dictate global policy, because where will that end?\u201d<\/p>\n
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