On: Meta fined $1.3B over data transfers to U.S.

[Someone]

> What I believe is happening here is the EU is setting a new standard that the US and UK and others will have to follow if they want to do business in the EU, unless they invest millions in infrastructure and staff.

That’s called the Brussels effect (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brussels_effect), and indeed is similar to the California effect (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_effect)