SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS AS EXPROPRIATED INVESTORS
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Key words: social media platforms, personal data, infraction of the rights, expropriation, investor, host state.Abstract
It is no secret that in recent years the influence of social networks on people's lives has increased significantly. In the process, social networks with millions of users managed to collect a large amount of personal data on their servers. Refusal to share users' personal information has led social media platforms to suspend their activities in some countries. In this case, it is a scientific problem to determine whether there is a fact of violation of the rights of social media platforms as investors. This essay aims to analyze the infraction of the rights of social media platforms as investors, the expropriation of their property, the measures taken by host states against them.
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