They can turn off Facebook anywhere in the European Union. time is running out

• Facebook and Instagram representatives warn that social media services may be disrupted in the European Union
• So far, Facebook owners have collected and processed data based on one condition. The Irish office found this illegal
• The Irish decision was passed to other EU countries for review. Institutions in individual countries, including Poland, have one month to submit their comments
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There is a danger of that Facebook Instagram and Instagram will shut down across the European Union this summer as the Irish Data Protection Commission issued a more restrictive order to stop the flow of company data from Europe to the United States.

The bureau told its European counterparts on Thursday that it would prevent the owner from sending user data from Europe to the United States Facebook, Meta Corporation. A draft decision by Irish regulator will strip Meta of the last legal lifeline over the transfer of large amounts of data to the United States, after years of fierce judicial battles between the American tech giant and European institutions.

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In 2020, the Court of Justice of the European Union struck down a data flow agreement between the European Union and the United States called the Privacy Shield due to concerns about US surveillance practices. In its judgment, it also made it difficult to use another legal tool that Meta and many other US companies use to transfer personal data to the US, known as Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs). The decision made this week in Ireland means it Facebook He should stop relying on the above provision.

Meta has repeatedly warned that such a decision will lead to the closure of many of its services in Europe, including Facebook and Instagram.

“If the new transatlantic data transfer rules are not adopted and we are unable to implement existing SCC rules or rely on other alternative means of transferring data from Europe to the United States, it is unlikely that we will be able to provide many of the most important products and services in Europe, including this Facebook And Instagram ”- this was stated by representatives of Meta in their application to the US Securities and Exchange Commission in March of this year.

The Irish data blocking order, if validated by institutions in individual European countries, is likely to cause concern in the business community, which is still wondering how to continue transferring data from Europe to the United States following the EU Court of Justice ruling. in the year 2020.

The European Union and the United States are working to negotiate a new data transfer agreement that would allow companies like Meta to continue transmitting data across the Atlantic, regardless of an Irish order. Brussels and Washington agreed to an interim agreement at the political level in March, but legal negotiations have stalled and a final agreement is unlikely by the end of the year.

A spokesperson for Ireland’s data protection authority confirmed that the draft decision has been sent to other European privacy regulators, and the organizations have one month to schedule their amendments. The spokesman did not want to go into details.

A Meta spokesperson said: “This project, which is under review by European data protection authorities, relates to a conflict of EU-US law that is being resolved.” We welcome the agreement between the European Union and the United States on new legal provisions that will allow the continuous transfer of data across borders and expect families, communities and economies to be able to stay connected with each other.

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