It's frightening to see how much of my data is stored in the US. The new Whatpulse (2.0+) keeps track of how much data is sent per country, using a geoip database. By far, most data went to America. That quite convinced me I should get my e-mail out of there at the very least (MS/Hotmail), and possibly find alternatives for Google services like Plus and Drive.
Right, so the only option for "the rest of the world" is to switch to solutions that do not store any data in the US? Is that realistically feasible? How can "the rest of the world" protest against CISPA?
Well put it this way: What can they do that we can't replicate? ;) Behind China's great firewall there are lots of alternatives to twitter, youtube, facebook, google (this one I know by name: Baidu), etc.
So technically feasible, yes. Realistically... depends on whether developers of these clones can find something that gives them an advantage over the originals, besides privacy or legal issues. Businesses want to keep data in-house regardless, and not many consumers care enough. Having one global network for social networks has certainly advantages, but when the laws in the "home country" (for the lack of a better word, if there is any) become hostile and privacy invading... then I don't know. If I could pay to get off of all google services and have my data imported into a dutch google clone, I'd do it.
A lot of the "rest of the world" data is stored in the US, or passes through US servers. That gives them access to it.
Anything you have in Google services, Microsoft services, Yahoo, Apple iCloud, etc etc etc