Facebook: Irish Troubles
February 24, 2022
When I think of Ireland, here’s what comes to mind:
- A really weird street with jazzy murals and a penchant for violence
- Uplifting novels by Ken Bruen
- Potatoes
- The craic
After reading “Facebook Receives Bad News That Could Disrupt Its Business,” I am now thinking big money changing hands. The write up explains:
“We issued our decision [regarding trans border data] to Meta yesterday. And we have given them 28 days to come back to us with any comments they have. And at that stage we will prepare our draft decision and send our draft decision to our colleague data protection authorities in the EU and I expect that to happen in April,” Doyle [Irish Data Protection spokes person] said. The stakes are high: if the Meta is prohibited from transferring information, its activities in Europe will be very strongly affected.
Implications? Meat — sorry, I meant Meta, formerly the Zuckbook — has one more issue to ponder. Oscar Wilde noted:
“Experience is merely the name men gave to their mistakes.”
Perhaps a VR headset will improve the Emerald Isle real world experience?
Stephen E Arnold, February 24, 2022
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