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Could Facebook and Instagram Really Leave Europe?

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For years Facebook (now Meta) and the EU have been locked in a legal battle over how the company handles data transferred out of Europe. With Meta threatening to pull its products & services if things can’t be resolved, could Facebook really leave Europe?

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1 – https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2016/679/oj#
2 – https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_21_3183
3 – https://techcrunch.com/2015/10/06/europes-top-court-strikes-down-safe-harbor-data-transfer-agreement-with-u-s/
4 – https://curia.europa.eu/jcms/upload/docs/application/pdf/2020-07/cp200091en.pdf
5 – https://curia.europa.eu/jcms/upload/docs/application/pdf/2020-07/cp200091en.pdf
6 – https://techcrunch.com/2020/07/16/europes-top-court-strikes-down-flagship-eu-us-data-transfer-mechanism/
7 – https://techcrunch.com/2020/09/09/facebook-told-it-may-have-to-suspend-eu-data-transfers-after-schrems-ii-ruling/
8 – https://techcrunch.com/2022/08/11/facebook-europe-shut-down-delay/
9 – https://www.politico.eu/article/europe-faces-facebook-blackout-instagram-meta-data-protection/
10 – https://d18rn0p25nwr6d.cloudfront.net/CIK-0001326801/c07375c5-b2dc-4223-8166-3365a3a1dbfd.pdf
11 – https://s21.q4cdn.com/399680738/files/doc_financials/2022/q2/Q2-2022_Earnings-Presentation.pdf
12 – https://techcrunch.com/2020/08/25/max-schrems-on-the-eu-court-ruling-that-could-cut-facebook-in-two/

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  1. @TLDRbusiness

    February 22, 2024 at 4:52 pm

    Hey TLDR EU viewers! We are TLDR's newest channel (our first video came out less than 2 hours ago) but I think you should give us a sub anyway! If you're interested in this kind of video, about the intersection of politics, power, culture and business then I really think you'd enjoy TLDR Business… I am biased though…

  2. @aposteriori421

    February 22, 2024 at 4:52 pm

    They’re not welcome in most places, particularly the EU. Nobody wants facebook, and small businesses are fed up with Meta using them as justification for Meta knowingly violating laws. Big tobacco is the really the right comparison.

  3. @meilinchan7314

    February 22, 2024 at 4:52 pm

    Europe will not be worse off if Meta leaves.

  4. @lpm8284

    February 22, 2024 at 4:52 pm

    As a European, I couldn't care less about Meta, I don't use their social networks because they're toxic as hell. In fact, it's a good thing. It will create even more jobs in the IT industry and we will finally have the opportunity to develop and grow a social network with more ethical algorithms.

  5. @hakuathe______slayer8194

    February 22, 2024 at 4:52 pm

    I'll be happy to not seeing what's app anymore on my phone

  6. @mayaamis

    February 22, 2024 at 4:52 pm

    European citicezns should be allowed to vote on this in some sort of public referendum. They would all voted this crap out of EU! I'm European and use Insta and facebook only sporadically…and am totally ok with it being shut down in Europe rather than giving creep Zuckerberg the right to our private data to be used and exploited as he wishes and I'm glad EU regulators are respecting our privacy laws! F them! there will always be other networks and way to connect, what Meta is doing in US is criminal!!!! I know businesses that rely on their online presence will suffer more but they will adapt with time.

  7. @stevovondivo2326

    February 22, 2024 at 4:52 pm

    What's Facebook?

  8. @3dmaster-749

    February 22, 2024 at 4:52 pm

    I hope they ban FB , insta and whatsapp and also tikTok .

  9. @unkown34x33

    February 22, 2024 at 4:52 pm

    As much as I hate Facebook… No. Coz Europe would be excluded from the whole world. Sorry to say this but… Facebook is basically every line of communication. Also man… Oculus quest 2 is truly something special

  10. @societysucks701

    February 22, 2024 at 4:52 pm

    Yes please get rid of them. But get rid of Twitter first. We don't need people to be just as brain dead as the ones in America.

  11. @ray495903314

    February 22, 2024 at 4:52 pm

    Spacehey

  12. @NickNeblo

    February 22, 2024 at 4:52 pm

    I would be worried if YouTube left the EU, not Instagram or Facebook.

  13. @michaelranger9104

    February 22, 2024 at 4:52 pm

    why are you saying FB may pull out of Europe when it not right they may pull out of the EU…the EU is not Europe

  14. @fjmarcliff1390

    February 22, 2024 at 4:52 pm

    Best thing that could happen to Europe.

  15. @_tsu_

    February 22, 2024 at 4:52 pm

    I am so excited for this

  16. @jokorosich3545

    February 22, 2024 at 4:52 pm

    the sooner they leave, the better for Europe and all Europeans

  17. @mukkaar

    February 22, 2024 at 4:52 pm

    My only use for Meta products for while has been just subscribing to some instagram models 😀 Can't say I would be missing anything important if facebook left. As long as YouTube stays I'm fine.

  18. @anushkasekkingstad1300

    February 22, 2024 at 4:52 pm

    These companies provide no social benefit and object to paying taxes on their massive profits. Their leaving Europe would be a positive step.

  19. @iamgreyhorse

    February 22, 2024 at 4:52 pm

    All you people think we need Facebook or Meta, need to have their head examined !!! Does anyone remember a time, when we did not have the internet ?? We were better off ! Is this world so full of morons' that don't realize we have been played with, by other beings, who want to trick us into worshiping them as Gods, they wish to trick us into being their slaves, willingly !! That way is legal by their standards !!!!

  20. @iamgreyhorse

    February 22, 2024 at 4:52 pm

    If Facebook and Meta want to leave your country ! Then count your blessings and let them leave !!! I bet they don't want to leave ! They will probably fight to be able to stay !!! It is them that need us, we don't need them !!

  21. @iamgreyhorse

    February 22, 2024 at 4:52 pm

    If you are lucky you'll if FB would leave your country !!!!!! The world would be better off without FB or Meta ! We don't need a company that sells our data to anyone who will pay for it !

  22. @kf9346

    February 22, 2024 at 4:52 pm

    Facebook leaving Europe… yeah right.

  23. @burtonschrader2

    February 22, 2024 at 4:52 pm

    The population of EU is about 500,000,000. Zuckerberg will not easily give up the billions generated there. Corporate GREED at work. Thanks for this post.

  24. @nikburton9264

    February 22, 2024 at 4:52 pm

    Wish the US would be lucky enough to have them leave here!

  25. @keepingitreal1468

    February 22, 2024 at 4:52 pm

    America bans huawei for the same thing that Facebook and many others are doing sharing info with the government double standards time to level the playing field

  26. @frosty_mentos1238

    February 22, 2024 at 4:52 pm

    It could be devastating for a lot of companies and people whom communicated their whole lives with those apps, as much as it's annoying to say cause I really hate those social platforms. Hoping they'll have to oblige to the rules than being scummy about it.

  27. @Jonathan-kraai

    February 22, 2024 at 4:52 pm

    FB will do everything to stay as profitable as possible. so they will not withdraw (even if i would applause that) but bend law and such as much as possible to sta in EU. even if that means some servers in EU

  28. @clownclownolulu7897

    February 22, 2024 at 4:52 pm

    Please Leave!!!!!!

  29. @OlorinEa

    February 22, 2024 at 4:52 pm

    Good riddance. We'll be happy to create something European and more ecologic 😏😜

  30. @garyb455

    February 22, 2024 at 4:52 pm

    Typical EU bureaucracy, this stupidity causes massive unemployment which is why the USA and the UK have 50% less unemployment than the EU

  31. @sir_christmas_leopold_duckson

    February 22, 2024 at 4:52 pm

    Personally, I'd love to see Facebook and Instagram disappear entirely.

  32. @geraldmerkowitz4360

    February 22, 2024 at 4:52 pm

    NOOOOOO how am I gonna keep in touch with all these people I don't like?

  33. @ferrankina6989

    February 22, 2024 at 4:52 pm

    we wouldnt be losing anything from facebook leaving europe

  34. @zenelshabani3353

    February 22, 2024 at 4:52 pm

    Can we just kick them out ? Facebook, MEta, Insta & Tik tok along with them. Giving other companies a chance

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https://www.lemonde.fr/en/politics/article/2026/07/08/understanding-the-judges-ruling-in-le-pen-s-appeal-trial-serious-offenses-but-light-sentences_6755270_5.html?srsltid=AfmBOop8MvrmAXXnkbdvH6ZIU7F64rHVChHhihtUTmEHMMGDLfOTFeqH
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