> Which means that all countries other than the US also should be banning Facebook
In case you hadn't heard (I presume you have, us being on HN and all), there is some movement within the EU towards that end
In case you hadn't heard (I presume you have, us being on HN and all), there is some movement within the EU towards that end
Facebook threatening to close their site in Europe because of regulations is not the same as EU banning them.
Judiciaries in multiple EU member states have judged Google to be breaching EU regulations (in regards to Google Analytics). That is not a ban; Google is welcome to do business in the EU if they observe EU laws and regulations.
https://blog.simpleanalytics.com/eu-moving-closer-to-faceboo...
I dunno, "stopping data transfer" sounds like a ban by another name to me.