"Laws are like sausages," Otto von Bismarck, the 19th century Prussian statesman, is believed to have said. "It is better not to see them being made."
Big Tech companies operating in the European Union (EU) in the 21st century do not have that option. In fact, their activities and how they are regulated are making European law in public on a daily basis—with all the confusion, frustration, and financial risk that implies, lawyers say.
The latest example of this concerns Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, which was hit this year with two multi-million-euro fines for breach of EU data-privacy rules.
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Anne Bagamery
Anne Bagamery is the Paris-based correspondent for Law.com International. She writes about lawyers and legal issues in France and elsewhere in Europe. Her coverage includes the business of law, global and domestic law firms, in-house legal departments and regulatory issues. She can be reached at [email protected] and on Twitter: @abagamery.
