Facebook warns it could pull services out of Europe

Facebook has threatened to pull its social media platforms from Europe if it is forced to stop transferring users’ data to the US. The technology company warned that more than 410m people may lose access to its services, after the Irish Data Protection Commissioner (DPC) suggested it would enforce a European Court of Justice decision that such transfers of data break EU law. The DPC issued a preliminary order earlier this month. “In the event that the applicant [Facebook] were subjec