Facebook Threatens to Pull Out of Europe, Europe Says “Please Do”

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https://futurism.com/facebook-pull-europe-bluff

Best non-paywall article on the topic I could find.  Very interesting situation, could it put FB in the graveyard of social media sites?

Facebook’s parent company Meta warned this week that it could shut down Facebook and Instagram operations in Europe if it was no longer allowed to store data on European users in the US.

But to its presumable dismay, European lawmakers called the megacorporation’s bluff.

“I can confirm that life would be very good without Facebook and that we would live very well without Facebook,” French finance minister Bruno Le Maire told reporters during a meeting on Monday, as quoted by Euronews.

German economy minister Robert Habeck echoed Le Maire’s zinger.
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“After I was hacked I have lived without Facebook and Twitter for four years and life has been fantastic,” he quipped.

It’s a refreshing articulation of what many of us have been thinking for years now. The world would arguably be a much better place without Facebook and Instagram, platforms that have repeatedly failed to keep rampant abuse and hate speech in check.

Hilariously, Meta has now approached the bargaining table with its proverbial tail between its legs.

“We have absolutely no desire and no plans to withdraw from Europe, but the simple reality is that Meta, and many other businesses, organizations and services, rely on data transfers between the EU and the US in order to operate global services,” the company wrote in a statement obtained by City A.M.

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https://futurism.com/facebook-pull-europe-bluff

Best non-paywall article on the topic I could find.  Very interesting situation, could it put FB in the graveyard of social media sites?

make it the "My Space" of 2022...

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From the article:

Its refusal to work with lawmakers to ensure citizens’ data is well protected within the EU only goes to show that Meta does not have its users’ best interest in mind.

Remember: if you’re not the customer, you’re the product.

Ya think? What kind of moron signs on to the idea that Meta/Fakebook/Twatter/Instashit/name-your-poison has its users' "best interests in mind?"

It's all about money. If you can't see that, you should be in Mommy's basement doling out leftist talking points.

Oh, wait.