Yes, a company worth over half a trillion dollars with access to the best legal teams around the world has authority on whether it has done what it can to be compliant or not. And authority is how the legal system works, not everyone can just practice law without going through the proper education and licensing.

> Please point out which rules are confusing and/or messy.

The comment thread you just replied to -- the one where you seem to saying that random HN commenter is more accurate than Facebook's entire legal team on regulation that is supposed to be unequivocal -- is a start.

You've made this personal twice now, signaling a lack of any real argument.

You do not know my history, and sadly you didn't even bother to do some basic research or you would recognize that I'm one of the few in our industry that has called for regulation and data protections for years. [1] Instinctive has been on the forefront of this as well with our most recent push for net neutrality. [2]

And surprisingly you seem to miss that B2B marketing is rather unaffected by GDPR since everything we do has always been contextually targeted, consent-based, and 1st-party relationships anyway. If you want to have a discussion, base it on the ideas and not the person.

1. https://twitter.com/search?f=tweets&q=manigandham%20regulati...

2. https://www.newamerica.org/oti/press-releases/companies-urge...

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As for Facebook breaking laws, I find that incredibly hard to believe given their resources, recent legal , 1st-party data and consumer connections in their walled garden, and the fact that consent is already given by billions of users who just want to use FB products and don't care about the rest. They have nothing to gain from skirting regulations that only serve to strength their relationship.