Will Facebook and Instagram leave Europe due to the GDPR? Meta denies
With the entry into force of the GDPR and the new protection mechanisms necessary to comply with the imposed guidelines, it would seem rather difficult to manage platforms such as Facebook and Instagram, apparently. Meta would not have been able to find a solution to the management of user data, given the impossibility of transferring or managing them through the various services, according to the new European regulation.
A report submitted to the SEC by Meta he again pointed out this difficult situation, also fearing the possibility that the company would completely abandon its operations in Europe, in the event that an alternative solution is not found. The position then softened later, with a press release from Meta that denied the possibility of leaving the European territory while reiterating the current and future difficulties in managing the platforms with the required changes.
"We have no plan to withdraw from Europe", reads a statement released later by Meta, "simply Meta, like other companies, organizations and services, relies on the transfer of data between the EU and the United States to offer global services. In order to provide a global service, we follow European rules and rely on Standard Contractual Clauses and adequate data protection measures ".
In short, the desire to leave Europe sounds more like a sort of threat mixed with a request for help to find an alternative system or an interpretation of the rules on the management of personal data that can allow it to be carried out of the Facebook and Instagram business in the Old Continent, awaiting further developments. We recently saw less than exciting results for the last quarter with Meta crashing on the stock market and Facebook losing users for the first time.
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