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In February 2020, the Internal Revenue Service sued Facebook for tax evasion, claiming that they had sheltered $9 billion from taxes in Ireland due to its low corporate tax rates, the central point of the case being that Facebook settled a deal with an Irish subsidiary in 2010 that allows them to shuffle money around internationally. [84] July 2020
In April 2018, the EU Commission's GDPR rules forced Facebook to move 1.5 billion of the 1.9 billion Facebook accounts hosted in Ireland ( 79% of the 2.4 billion total global Facebook accounts), back to the U.S. [319] The April 2018 Irish High Court ruling in the Max Schrems EU data-protection case could make Ireland even less attractive to ...
The U.S. IRS challenged the valuation Facebook used when it transferred IP from the U.S. to Facebook Ireland (now Meta Platforms Ireland) in 2010 (which Facebook Ireland then revalued higher before charging out), as it was building its double Irish tax structure. [205] [206] The case is ongoing and Meta faces a potential fine of $3–5bn. [207]
On March 6, 2018, BlackBerry sued Facebook and its Instagram and WhatsApp subdivision for ripping off key features of its messaging app. [418] In October 2018, a Texan woman sued Facebook, claiming she had been recruited into the sex trade at the age of 15 by a man who "friended" her on the social media network. Facebook responded that it works ...
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In one of the first cases, CG v Facebook Ireland Ltd the Northern Ireland Court of Appeal held that Facebook breached a duty to promptly remove a page that was designed to persecute a former sex offender who had completed a prison sentence. [308] Wikimedia. Wikipedia, WP:Administration. WP:Sock puppetry. WP:No personal attacks. WP:Neutral.
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A panel discussion then took place on the topic of "the global economy: positioning Ireland for the upturn" and this was followed by further panel discussions on "Ireland—the innovation island", "promoting brand Ireland through our global cultural profile", "Ireland’s image abroad: what is it now, how can it be improved and what role can ...