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Yasmin Curzi de Mendonça, Research associate, University of Virginia

Digital imperialism: How US social media firms are using American law to challenge global tech regulation

The CEOs of Meta, Amazon, Google and X -- Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos, Sundar Pichai and Elon Musk -- attend the inauguration of Donald Trump on Jan. 20, 2025. Photo by Ricky Carioti - Pool/Getty Images

Social media platforms tend not to be that bothered by national boundaries.

Take X, for example. Users of what was once called Twitter span the globe, with its 600 millions-plus active accounts dotted across nearly every country. And each of those jurisdictions has its own laws.

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