Facebook shutdown remains a long way off

The Irish data protection regulator has sent its draft decision on Facebook to its counterparts in the EU. Meta could be prohibited from transferring EU data to the US. Yet that’s unlikely to happen in the short-term. And the social media advertising giant’s temporary shore of salvation is already in sight.

The data protection drama between the supervisory authority DPC Ireland and Facebook is entering the next round. The Irish data protection authority has now forwarded its draft decision to the other European supervisory authorities. According to a report in the Irish Independent, it states that the DPC wants to prohibit Facebook and Instagram from transferring personal data in the future. This could mean the shutdown of these services for the EU. According to the report, the popular short message service WhatsApp would not be affected.

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