That honestly scares me, though. A law that everybody is violating but that is only rarely enforced is a law that will be used to go after whoever the governmen

That honestly scares me, though. A law that everybody is violating but that is only rarely enforced is a law that will be used to go after whoever the government doesn't like. Imagine a European hate speech forum that gets a lot of press sometime. The government will just step in and say "oops, looks like you're not in GDPR compliance!" and sue them into nonexistence.