> European law considers
Thankfully foreign laws don't magically propagate over the internet, even if a citizen of a country happens to point their web browser at your server.
Thankfully foreign laws don't magically propagate over the internet, even if a citizen of a country happens to point their web browser at your server.
Facebook does have a business establishment within the EU. They are selling ads in Europe that are delivered to EU users. There is no way that Facebook can claim not to be a European company in some sense.
Maybe that seems extreme and unlikely. But consider. What would Facebook be left with, if users couldn't share anything?
The problem is that not many have the clout of Facebook and Google to work out arrangements that won't kill them or fight the whole thing effectively.