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Facebook Says It Will Stop Operating in Europe If Regulators Don’t Back Down

46 pointsby ETHisso2017over 4 years ago

16 comments

afarviralover 4 years ago
I just chimed in to say I hope it vanishes from the earth. Thank you.
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qalmakkaover 4 years ago
Yes, I'd really like to see Zuckerberg trying to explain to his shareholders that he quit one of their most lucrative markets just to stick it to the EU authorities. I don't think it would go that well to him. This threat is so empty it makes them look like total fools.
ve55over 4 years ago
Save a vice click by reading: “Facebook is not threatening to withdraw from Europe,” a Facebook spokesperson said, adding that the court filing simply lays out how “Facebook, and many other businesses, organisations and services, rely on data transfers between the EU and the US in order to operate their services.”
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blitz_skullover 4 years ago
LOL!<p>I know a fake threat when I see one. Facebook acts like everyone really cares if it’s cancerous presence vanished from half the globe.
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philipovover 4 years ago
Yes! Please stop operating in Europe! Then, please stop operating in the US.
dmodeover 4 years ago
How can we make this happen on the US as well ?
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davidhboltonover 4 years ago
Still clutching at straws. &quot;as well as being used to influence the results of votes across the region, including the U.K.’s decision to leave the EU.&quot;<p>Yeah right. This despite the influence of Obama, the BBC, the British establishment and their pro remain leaflet. As if Facebook made a difference.<p>In today&#x27;s news. Facebook to be blamed for labour voters giving Boris Johnson an 80 majority in the last Election.
yonaover 4 years ago
Good! Maybe a different, privacy-respecting social network can rise after FB’s departure.
ghego1over 4 years ago
Pro tip to FB: arguments that would make a good case in a US court are probably going to be felt very differently in Europe.<p>In this case what FB is saying to regulators is: EU regulations are working.
flatfilefanover 4 years ago
Duplicate <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=24543932" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=24543932</a>
danielEMover 4 years ago
Well, if you all guys here are EU citizens then interestingly you have same attitude against FB. Looks like EU should get clear green light from its society to stop people data harrasment.
gchokovover 4 years ago
Ha. This would be great! We don’t need facebook anyway.
1vuio0pswjnm7over 4 years ago
Like the EU could not create their own FB and IG replacements.
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ralls_ebfeover 4 years ago
Best message of the day. Please do so.
nix23over 4 years ago
Oh yeah!! Facebook please do that.
kennywinkerover 4 years ago
That’s a bluff if i ever saw one