The US has weak food safety laws when compared to the EU, but I don't see anyone bitching about that. Food has a much more direct impact on your health and safety than Facebook does, we would be better off if we brought those regulations over rather than data security laws.

Facebook is doing exactly what any other company would do - complying with the law as needed. There's no data privacy law like GDPR in the US. Don't yell at Facebook about this, yell at your congressman.