> See 4chan vs OSA.

OSA is a UK legislation. The UK is not in the EU.

> EU is similarly trying to legislate for the world, and it will work until someone calls on their bluff.

That’s an opinion. The Brussels Effect is real, but that’s not the same as “many EU citizens think EU laws apply to the world”.

Is it an opinion?

And try to check EU GDPR territoriality and tell me whether you're of a different opinion:

https://commission.europa.eu/law/law-topic/data-protection/r...

> The GDPR applies to: > a company or entity which [...]; or > a company established outside the EU and is offering goods/services (paid or for free) or is monitoring the behaviour of individuals in the EU.

Now imagine running a forum or any other service from outside of the EU, on the open web. Does the EU think GDPR applies to you?

All that means is that if you operate in the EU, you must follow EU rules. Which isn’t weird at all, it’s perfectly normal that if you wish to operate in one place, you follow the rules of the place. You are free to not operate in that place and not follow the rules.

In other words, that doesn’t mean “EU laws apply to the world”, it means “EU laws apply to whoever operates in the EU”.

> EU is similarly trying to legislate for the world, and it will work until someone calls on their bluff.

Any source for that?

GDPR only applies to companies having a branch in the EU or offering services targeted at EU citizens: https://commission.europa.eu/law/law-topic/data-protection/r...

You might have missed the second branch of that "or":

> a company established outside the EU and is offering goods/services (paid or for free) or is monitoring the behaviour of individuals in the EU.

If you serve traffic to the EU (like any website on the open web as originally intended) you fall into that.