A lot of laws have been passed in Europe that regulate the content American companies can carry. Most of these laws were passed to tamp down on speech that would be otherwise legal in the United States, but not so much in Europe where free speech rights aren’t given the same sort of protections found in the US.
Since most of the larger tech companies maintained overseas offices, they were subject to these laws. Those laws targeted everything from terrorist-related content to “hate speech” to whatever is currently vexing legislators. Attached to these mandates were hefty fines and the possibility of being asked to exit these countries completely.
dosvydanya_freedomz 1 points 10 months ago
https://www.visualcapitalist.com/worlds-richest-countries-2023-gdp-per-capita/#:~:text=Most%20of%20the%20richest%20countries%20are%20found%20in,per%20capita%20GDP%20of%20%2434%2C500%20and%20%2459%2C000%2C%20respectively.
this should answer your questions