This has been a long time in coming, and is significant for the EU as a whole because of Ireland is the designated lead regulator for data privacy issues. This Politico article [0] from last year has a great overview of the history including background on how Ireland wound up taking a lead role on tech regulation in Europe.<p>[0] <a href="https://www.politico.com/story/2019/04/24/ireland-data-privacy-1270123" rel="nofollow">https://www.politico.com/story/2019/04/24/ireland-data-priva...</a>
When Russia did it it was reported as "Move Seen as Part of Drive to Curtail Freedom of Information"<p><a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/russia-steps-up-new-law-to-control-foreign-internet-companies-1411574920" rel="nofollow">https://www.wsj.com/articles/russia-steps-up-new-law-to-cont...</a>
This seems like an impossible task unless you have a European Facebook and a US Facebook and a user of one can’t interact with the other.<p>If a US-based user interacts with data posted by the European user, is that not considered “Sending data to the US?”
Interesting. Does Facebook already have separate infrastructure for Europe, but just forwards user data to the US mothership? Or is the infrastructure all "mixed together"? I'm curious how hard it would be to comply.
Anyone know what this means for U.S.-Irish dual citizens living in the U.S.?<p>I've never heard a clear answer about how GDPR applies in dual-citizenship or non-EU-residence situations.