Because to a ruling made by the Irish data protection body, a social blackout throughout the EU is becoming a more possible scenario.
Within the scope of the umbrella excluding Facebook and Instagram. This is the future that awaits millions of people who use the two social networks that are owned by the same US multinational company (Meta), both of which have the potential to be "off" during the summertime, but only on the Old Continent. The social blackout might be the result of a judgment made by the Irish privacy authority, which ordered a halt to the movement of data from Europe to the United States by the corporation. The demand made by the Irish government is only the most recent development in a protracted judicial battle about the purported violation of privacy committed by Facebook and Instagram.
The Privacy Shield, also known as the EU-US deal on data transfer, was terminated in 2020 by the Court of Justice of the European Union because to concerns over the widespread surveillance programs that are in existence in the United States. The judgement also focused on the standard contractual agreements, which are the mechanisms that enable Meta to continue transferring the personal data of millions of users from servers in Europe to servers in the United States. Because Ireland issued its ruling at the eleventh hour, Facebook will be required to cease utilizing the terms as a "pass" for transferring user data.
Last March, the multinational social media company Meta issued a warning that if a new framework for transatlantic data transfer is not adopted and if we are unable to continue to rely on clauses or other alternative means of data transfer from Europe to the United States, we will probably not be able to offer in Europe some of our most significant products and services, including Facebook and Instagram.
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It is possible that the flow of data, and consequently the functionality of apps and social channels, could come to a halt just as the European Union (EU) and the United States of America are in the process of negotiating a new agreement for the secure transfer of digital information between the two sides of the Atlantic. On the other hand, a report that was published in a web-based European daily called Politico said that "it seems improbable that a comprehensive deal will be achieved before the end of the year." Because of this, there is a possibility that all social assistance programs will be terminated.