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		kobeya on Aug 30, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How the GDPR Will Disrupt Google and Facebook So.. Facebook is okay then if they move their data centers? For average users, I mean. They don't pay a cent to access facebook.com. I'm pretty sure that's not the intent of this legislation.

the_mitsuhiko on Aug 30, 2017 [–]

Facebook is doing a ton of business in Europe and has for many reasons established local entities. They are absolutely bound by this law.

A lot of facebook's money comes from selling ads to European companies.

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