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[canuckledragger]

1. Is that a promise?

[Alexander Of Assyria]

4. Sounds like it...first one he's ever kept.

[SouthernDem4ever]

31. my first thought too

EU is better off without that trash website.

[dchill]

2. (Fascist.)

[L. Coyote]

3. ROFL

Europe's reply, "Great, wish we could do that."

[amb123]

5. C'mon EU. Tell Zuckerf*ck to Go To Hell.

[Sherman A1]

6. I use Facebook every day and have no problem with it, that said

I don't see this as a winning line of resolving the issues between the platform and the EU.

[speak easy]

15. I don't see this as a winning line for their stock price either.

[EarthFirst]

26. Investors didn't take it well...

-5.14% today.

[reACTIONary]

39. I do also. nt

[HUAJIAO]

42. I also use it every day and have many, many connections in Europe.

I've never had any problems with FB, -well except once when I was blocked from using Marketplace, but I got the issue straightened out--- I get no right wing ads or posts.. ever...

I understand the issues others have with it.

[mahina]

64. I'm sure you realize this but just in case, Facebook itself on the front end is not the problem.

On the backend, it tracks every single move you make, not only on fb, and sells that to hundreds if not thousands of others. We are the product.
One day I got in the weeds on my Facebook account and found where they had sold my data and to whom. There were thousands of transactions including too many right wing organizations.

I’m on there for work.

[maxrandb]

8. Don't threaten me with a good time, you fucking asspickle!

[PdamnedQ]

9. Ne laissez pas la porte vous heurter en sortant!

[3Hotdogs]

10. Why can't we be so lucky?

[Mary in S. Carolina]

11. Please, Please "shut down" in the US

[delisen]

12. End of monopoly provides great opportunity for others n/t

[getagrip_already]

13. Good!!! Call his bluff and make it law.....

Shut him down and shred the data.

[Scalded Nun]

14. Careful what you threaten, asshole

You might just be surprised.

Their data protection regulations put us to shame, as they do what we should have done from the start.

And other countries take note...You will be expected to fall in line with every demand from these corporations and would-be gods of automation.

Wal-Mart found that out in Germany and left after a few years once they realized they could not engage in their predatory business practices. They threatened to leave and Germany said 'Bye-Bye'.

[FakeNoose]

58. Yes - there are brilliant coders in Europe that could build a whole new & better platform

Americans would probably quit Facebook finally and forever if something new came out of this. Not all Americans of course, but enough to make the new platform replace the focus on Facebook.

[RockRaven]

16. Lucky Europe. Too bad we can't some of that over here.

[NQAS]

17. Okay.

Sounds like his line in the sand. I hope the EU stands firm and FB shuts down in Europe. Something has to take these billionaires down a peg or two.

And that other countries follow the EU's lead.

The reality? Nothing will change. Everyone will threaten. Nothing will happen. And the billionaires win again.

[LudwigPastorius]

18. WAAAaaaaa!

[C Moon]

19. Zuckerberg's competing with Bezo's yacht story.

It appears billionaires think can make countries do anything. I hope that's not true.

[ColinC]

20. Sounds like an empty primise

He would be doing them a favor, of course.

[oswaldactedalone]

21. #DeleteFacebook

[hippywife]

22. Fuck him! nt

[Skittles]

23. DO IT

help people to stop acting like juvenile assholes

[roamer65]

24. So what?

They’ll just go to another platform.

[Ford_Prefect]

25. Better yet, make him show the proofs of his work and grade according to actual performance.

I can hear him screaming now.

[Snarkoleptic]

27. Now if he'd only do so here....

n/t

[PatrickforB]

28. Concerning Zuckerberg, I have just two words:

Confiscatory Taxes!

[paleotn]

29. I wonder if it wouldn't be better if he did.

[BlueWavePsych]

30. Do it! Do it!

I double dare you. Triple dare you!

[twodogsbarking]

32. Stock has lost nearly a third of value in a few days trading.

[Fiendish Thingy]

33. I wish he'd shut it down in Canada too.

[Escurumbele]

36. He would be forced to if a lot of people in Canada start deleting their accounts.

For someone who does not do business through Facebook I don't see any purpose in being there...but that is just me, I have never liked Facebook, I have never felt comfortable telling people in the World what I am doing, where I am going, showing photos of where I am at, etc. I signed up because I let a friend talk me into it, and then never used it again.

[JI7]

34. Do the same in the US also

[Escurumbele]

35. If I can't walk over your loan I will cut my two legs off, I promise...

What a threat, now it is official, Zuckerberg has a lost a screw (or a few) in his brain.

What kind of a threat is that? I sincerely hope that the EU does not give him what he wants.

By the way, I deleted my subscription to Facebook...Never used it anyway, I have never liked Facebook, but nonetheless I believe it sends a little message...I am trying to convince some in my family to do the same...

[DBoon]

37. and nothing of value was lost

[crickets]

38. Oh, dear. Vlad and his bot farms will be so disappointed. nt

[Orrex]

40. Is extortion a crime in Europe?

[reACTIONary]

41. The OP quote has what appears to be a significant error...

The OP quote mentions "source code control files", which simply does not make sense in this context. The same paragraph from the CNBC article seems to have the correct definition of SCCs:

If a new transatlantic data transfer framework is not adopted and we are unable to continue to rely on SCCs (standard contractual clauses) or rely upon other alternative means of data transfers from Europe to the United States, we will likely be unable to offer a number of our most significant products and services, including Facebook and Instagram, in Europe.”

Standard Contractual Clauses makes sense.

[niyad]

43. Cuing Lady Violet. . .

[rockfordfile]

44. That's the same company with the pos racist "truckers" that's wanting to infect other people?

[OhZone]

45. Please do!

[SergeStorms]

46. Europe has all the luck.

Damn lucky Europeans. They get all the breaks.

Fuckerberg would never dare to try that in the U.S.

[DFW]

47. Auf Wiedersehen!

Tot ziens, hej då, la revedere, à deu, güle güle

Etc.

[piddyprints]

52. And

Hasta la vista, baby!

[DFW]

56. How could I have forgotten? n/t

[DinahMoeHum]

48. Please proceed, crybaby.

[KPN]

49. Oh my! How will those poor people in Europe

survive without Facebook?!


What a world class idiot. Zuckerberg’s always been in way over his head. Looks like he’s beginning to go under. Thank God and good riddance.

[cadoman]

50. don't tease me Zucker, just fucking do it!

My body is ready.

[LittleGirl]

51. Please don't forget that there are DUers here in Europe

And I would be affected. Just last week, I made a post asking if anyone cared if I left Facebook and several of my old colleagues and friends actually said, please don't go. After my Mother passed away last year, I wonder why I keep it. There's my answer. I've sent my contact details to a few that I haven't actually met in person yet so we can keep in touch.

[Raster]

53. Sociopath with a keyboard says what???

#ZuckTheFuck throws a temper tantrum.

[sl8]

54. "We're Fine Without Facebook, German and French Ministers Say"

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-02-07/we-re-fine-without-facebook-german-and-french-ministers-say

We’re Fine Without Facebook, German and French Ministers Say

By William Horobin and Zoe Schneeweiss
February 7, 2022, 11:58 AM EST

Meta Platforms Inc.’s veiled threat to quit Europe because of blocked talks over privacy rules was more like music to the ears of two top German and French politicians.

“After being hacked I’ve lived without Facebook and Twitter for four years and life has been fantastic,” German Economy Minister Robert Habeck told reporters at an event alongside French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire in Paris on Monday.

“I can confirm that life is very good without Facebook and that we would live very well without Facebook,” Le Maire added. “Digital giants must understand that the European continent will resist and affirm its sovereignty.”

The pair were responding to comments in Meta’s annual report published Thursday, warning that if it couldn’t rely on new or existing agreements to shift data, then it would “likely be unable to offer a number of our most significant products and services, including Facebook and Instagram, in Europe.”

[...]

[dlk]

55. Promises, promises...

The US should take note. Facebook is long overdue for sensible regulation.

[PoliticAverse]

57. Can we here in the US get that offer too? n/t

[Turbineguy]

59. I think a

hunger strike by Zuck' would be more effective.

[drmeow]

60. He's bluffing nt

[A Morpheus Felinae]

61. I wish Zuck would 'shut down' Facebook and Instagram here in the US / nt

[jmowreader]

62. I thought Facebook had coders

Facebook has data centers in Europe. I would imagine there’s a way to code traffic originating from European users so it only goes to those centers.