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Meta says it could should abandon the European Union.

The observe was buried within the firm’s annual submitting with the Securities and Change Fee. Meta mentioned that if officers on either side of the Atlantic can’t attain an settlement on knowledge transfers and warehousing, the corporate could have to drag its Fb and Instagram platforms from Europe.

“If a brand new transatlantic knowledge switch framework will not be adopted… we are going to seemingly be unable to supply a lot of our most important services, together with Fb and Instagram, in Europe,” Meta mentioned in its 10-Ok submitting.