Yes, there are - see GDPR as another example.
Comment on Will Lemmy instances be forced to verify users' ~~ages~~ identities?
hisao@ani.social 2 weeks agoI struggle to understand, why do those sites block uk users? Are there really any “international regulations” that demand that if you don’t want to comply with whatever arbitrary rules some country set, you should stop serving users from that country?
FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au 2 weeks ago
hisao@ani.social 2 weeks ago
This is interesting, I did a bit of research and it seems, none of this is legally enforceable unless the company has EU presence. Basically EU just saying “we will do everything we can, but we can’t really do anything if you don’t have any operations on our land”.
FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au 2 weeks ago
Correct - but if you don’t comply and ever step foot in a EU country or a country that will extradite to the EU, you’re fucked. Most people hosting a Lemmy instance will shit themselves at the thought of having millions of dollars in fines and an arrest warrant against their name in a foreign country, even if they never intend on going to that country.
Bronzebeard@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
The UK law says anyone found noncompliant will owe 10% of GLOBAL REVENUE in fines.
So companies don’t even want to deal with that bullshit