Facebook made an announcement today that for some shows what the American company actually wants from European users, and it is not exactly surprising to see something like this from it, especially since until now it has been used to doing things only in only one kind.
Facebook has threatened the European Union that it will leave Europe if it is not allowed to transfer the data of European users to the US based on an older agreement, although it received an interdiction to do so, coming from the European agency for data protection.
Facebook says it has 410 million active users in Europe, i.e. a quarter of the global total, but together with the main application, it would also close Instagram, meaning it will only launch Facebook Messenger and WhatsApp for people who will still use them.
Facebook says that everything it sent to the European authorities is not a threat, but a complaint regarding the actual situation, but we all know how the American company works, so it is understandable why it is upset that it can no longer take us all the data.
"Facebook is not threatening to withdraw from Europe. Legal documents filed in the Irish High Court show the simple reality that Facebook and many other companies, organizations and services rely on data transfers between the EU and the US to operate their services. The lack of safe, secure and legal international data transfers would hurt the economy and hinder the growth of data-driven businesses in the EU, just as we want a recovery from COVID-19.”
