Irish Facebook decision adds to pressure to reach transatlantic data deal

EU privacy regulators are reviewing an order that would block Facebook from sending European user data to the US, increasing pressure on US and European negotiators to complete a recent data-transfer deal that would have caused disruption to thousands of companies. can help to remove it.

Ireland’s Data Protection Commission sent a long-awaited draft decision to its EU counterparts on Thursday, which will – if approved – order meta platform Facebook and Instagram have suspended the transfers. The draft decision comes nearly two years later Regulator first warned Facebook It can do so court dispute over procedure,