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> 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,
by twobitshifter 5y ago
> 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.”
I don’t think they’re entirely bluffing, it may be they temporarily have no choice because this is a difficult technical problem with their existing code base. How do you store a global social graph and its associated content without having data cross borders? Even more so, how do you adapt an existing complex global social graph to respect borders? And how do you get Facebook to instantly load all the content from each of these segregated data stores?
- Hamuko 5y agoI have my doubts about Facebook's courage to shut down their services in Europe even temporarily, since that always comes with a risk of users switching to different services. I imagine they'd rather eat whatever fine the EU was going to throw at their direction than turn off service.