Meta Threatens , To Shut Down Facebook , and Instagram in the EU.<br />CNBC reports that Europe has been warned by Meta that it might lose access to Facebook and Instagram if the company is not allowed access to user data. .<br />CNBC reports that Europe has been warned by Meta that it might lose access to Facebook and Instagram if the company is not allowed access to user data. .<br />On February 3, Meta issued the warning <br />alongside the company's annual report. .<br />In Europe, regulators have proposed new <br />legislation that would change how EU citizens' <br />data can be transferred across the Atlantic. .<br />If a new transatlantic data transfer <br />framework is not adopted and we are <br />unable to continue to rely on SCCs <br />(standard contractual clauses) or rely upon <br />other alternative means of data transfers <br />from Europe to the United States, , Facebook, annual report, via CNBC.<br />If a new transatlantic data transfer <br />framework is not adopted and we are <br />unable to continue to rely on SCCs <br />(standard contractual clauses) or rely upon <br />other alternative means of data transfers <br />from Europe to the United States, , Facebook, annual report, via CNBC.<br />... we will likely be unable to offer <br />a number of our most significant <br />products and services, including <br />Facebook and Instagram, in Europe, Facebook, annual report, via CNBC.<br />CNBC reports that lawmakers in the EU <br />have responded to Meta's apparent threat. .<br />CNBC reports that lawmakers in the EU <br />have responded to Meta's apparent threat. .<br />On Twitter, European lawmaker Axel Voss said that Meta , “leaving the EU would be their loss.”.<br />Meta cannot just blackmail the EU into giving up its data protection standards, Axel Voss, German lawyer and politician, via Twitter.<br />In July of 2020, the European Court of Justice ruled that European citizens' privacy is not adequately protected under the current data transfer standard. .<br />In July of 2020, the European Court of Justice ruled that European citizens' privacy is not adequately protected under the current data transfer standard. .<br />The court determined that EU citizens <br />have no effective way to challenge or avoid <br />surveillance by the American government.
