This video shows that Reddit refused to delete all comments and posts of its users when they close their account via a CCPA / GDPR request.
Reddit’s a US company and GDPR is EU law. Why would an American company be expected to follow EU laws?
(Not a shill, just genuinely interested. It wouldn’t occur to me as a Brit to demand Reddit comply with GDPR.)
It seems that foreign companies still have to comply if they are offering goods or services to or monitoring data of people in the EU. I’m not sure if this applies to Reddit in this case but it can be necessary for American companies to comply with the GDPR.
Because they want to do business in the EU and they have a legal presence there and have to obey the laws of any country where they do business.
In essence this is no different than being caught smuggling illegal products. If they don’t comply they will either have to pay huge fines or have to get out of the EU, which would be a huge blow to the platform.
Other huge platforms like Facebook and Twitter are toeing the line in regards to EU compliance so if they have to be careful you can bet a smaller fry like Reddit will have to be.
The catch is that the bigger you are the more value you draw from a huge market, so they definitely don’t afford to simply drop out.