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The Hotel California clause rears its head again.
Nielson says it’s not an accurate read of the law, but Roberts expresses apprehension about whether it would really be possible to pull out of the state in a way that satisfies its requirements. “I don’t see how they can wall off Texas,” he says.
Nielson suggests Facebook could geofence off everyone in the state and avoid selling Texas users’ data, which (he says) would make it possible to also reasonably ban Texas-based users from the site.
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