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Facebook s decision to disable features
Facebook has temporarily disabled some of the said features in order to follow the new rules on data usage in EU countries. It is a part of the national implementations that are currently taking place of the 2002 Privacy and Electronic Communications Directive or ePrivacy Directive.
This directive imposes stricter rules on data use across apps and communication services that operate in countries that are part of the European Union, according to TechCrunch.
Back in November, European Union lawmakers have laid out a proposal to encourage the reuse of industrial data by creating a standardized framework of tools and techniques to make sure that sharing data is secure and is under privacy-compliant conditions.
Some Messenger, Instagram features temporarily disabled in Europe
By IANS |
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Thu, Dec 17 2020 19:57 IST |
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London, Dec 17 : Facebook is temporarily disabling some Messenger and Instagram features to respect new messaging service rules.
While it is not clear how many features are disabled, polls on both Messenger and Instagram are currently unavailable in Europe, reveals the company on its support pages. This feature (polls on Messenger) may be unavailable if you re located in Europe or messaging an account based in Europe to respect new messaging service rules. We re working to bring it back, says a message on one such page.