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Re:European parliament committee approves vote on ‘disastrou... by irrenhaus on Wednesday June 20, 2018 @10:13AM (#17355529)
No, they're not designed specifically for US companies. They're specifically designed to target the major players in the market. In some cases these companies have a de-facto monopoly which makes them basically the only ones the laws are targeting - because they are the only relevant players. The fact that these companies mostly are US companies is of less than zero relevance here. You can't export de-facto monopolies to other countries and then complain that regulations in other countries are only hitting the monopoly you're exporting.

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