Facebook cuts off 1.5 billion users from stringent EU privacy laws

Facebook has moved to repatriate 1.5bn Facebook members who were previously under the jurisdiction of Facebook Ireland by transferring them to the auspices of its US HQ, thus circumventing tightened European privacy laws.
The administrative switch comes at a tumultuous time for the social media giant which finds itself embroiled in a privacy scandal with Cambridge Analytica involving its handling of personal data which has forced it to promise clearer rules on privacy.
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