If you're large enough to be noticed and fined, you've probably got a corporate presence in EU; if only for the tax benefits.

I've worked with companies as small as 200 people who have a presence in the EU.

Perhaps not so surprisingly, most people that would want to pay money for data on European data, resides in Europe. And if you receive payments from Europe, you are definitely in the jurisdiction.

Depends on the treaties setup with the US, assuming that is where the company is based. It may be possible to take some EU judgements to a US court and have them enforce it.

I would target the channels whereby the funds from their massive advertising sales are being routed, probably

Facebook have no business in the EU unless they are selling advertising to EU companies

Yes, unfortunately, in the case of FB there is.

Unfortunately?

For them. Fortunately for the rest of us, they have a solid foot on the ground both in NL and Ireland.

I see. For a second it seemed you were defending Facebook!

> For a second it seemed you were defending Facebook!

I would not rule it out on principle but it is highly unlikely.

If FB were to be shut down tomorrow I would probably not even notice.

> If FB were to be shut down tomorrow I would probably not even notice.

Based just on the fact that you are on HN, this is, uhm... highly unlikely.

By the way, I wonder how it would actually look like. I mean, if FB was actually blocked in Germany or something like that, I imagine people (the victims of FB crimes) would very much vocally defend FB, claiming they don't give a fuck about their privacy. Which I cannot decide if it's funny or not.