Meta Platforms Shares Jumped Nearly 1% in Premarket Trading

Tiger Newspress2022-02-09

Meta Platforms Shares Jumped Nearly 1% in Premarket Trading. Meta stated that it had 'absolutely no desire' to pull Facebook and Instagram from Europe.

Meta has “absolutely no desire to withdraw from Europe.” The company issued the statement in a blog post it published on Tuesday after some media outlets published reports claiming it had “threatened” to pull Facebook and Instagram from the continent amid uncertainty over whether the US and European Union would agree to replace a scrapped transatlantic privacy agreement.

The “threat” Meta made came in the form of a disclosure the company made in its latest earnings report. Published last week, the document said the company would “likely be unable to offer a number of our most significant products and services, including Facebook and Instagram, in Europe” if the US and European Union failed to ratify a new data transfer agreement and the company couldn’t depend on other existing mechanisms. Meta has issued similar warnings in the past, but it did so without naming Facebook and Instagram specifically.

At the center of Meta’s fears over its future on the European continent are the Safe Harbour Agreement and Privacy Shield, both of which were struck down by the European Court of Justice in recent years over fears of what happens to the data of EU citizens once it’s on servers in the US. As the company points out, it’s not the only business facing uncertainty over whether officials can agree to a substitute. It notes at least 70 other companies have voiced similar concerns.

"We want to see the fundamental rights of EU users protected, and we want the internet to continue to operate as it was intended: without friction, in compliance with applicable laws — but not confined by national borders,” the company said.

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  • Nelli Wei
    2022-02-09
    Nelli Wei
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    2022-02-09
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  • LohYK
    2022-02-09
    LohYK
    It is unlikely to happen... Just imagine the amount if revenue which will be lost[Miser]  
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    2022-02-09
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    2022-02-09
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    2022-02-09
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