Facebook threatens to leave the European Union if it is banned from sharing user data – Observer

Facebook threatens to leave the European Union if it is forced not to share European user data with the United States of America. The intention was revealed to the Supreme Court of Ireland, according to the Spanish newspaper The world.

On the 10th, the Data Protection Commission of Ireland, Facebook’s main privacy regulator in Europe, initiated a investigation into how Mark Zuckerberg’s company transfers data from the European Union to the USA.

Facebook may be forced to stop sending the data if the courts conclude that some of these transfers do not protect European users from being spied on by the US government.

Irish courts have ordered the suspension of data transfer, while the legal dispute between the company and the regulator has not been resolved. Facebook appealed the decision, arguing that the ban would have a major impact on its operations.

If Facebook is subject to a complete suspension of user data for the United States, as the Data Protection Commission proposal appears to be, it is not clear how Facebook, in these circumstances, could continue to provide Facebook services and Instagram in the European Union ”, explained the company in a document sent to the Supreme Court of Ireland.

The North American giant also recalled, in the same document, that its applications helped generate sales of 208 million euros to 7,700 companies across Europe. According to company data, 305 million people use Facebook services on the European continent daily.

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