Forget all the stuff out there that says the GDPR protects EU citizens. This is a question of jurisdiction and enforcement. Say I run a blog under a business registered in the US funded by advertisers in the US. A EU citizen that comments on posts issues a GDPR request that I ignore. Their government fines me. I tell them to get bent, I am out of their jurisdiction. What can they do at that point?
Maybe you’d care to read this https://allaboutcookies.org/how-to-avoid-gdpr-fines
This is why a lot of US sites block EU residents , it’s easier than being compliant and if you’re a US focused site it makes sense.
That’s why I use a VPN when using links from Reddit as many news sites are blocked .
I’ve read that, it just says more fines. Say I ignore them, now what?