Yes, there are - see GDPR as another example.
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hisao@ani.social 18 hours 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 16 hours ago
hisao@ani.social 12 hours 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”.
Bronzebeard@lemmy.zip 17 hours 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