Facebook temporarily disables Messenger and Instagram features in Europe

In the midst of the fight with the Apple, with the right to advertisement in printed newspapers in the United States, Facebook decided to protect itself a little and announced that it will temporarily disable some Messenger and Instagram functions in Europe “to respect the new messaging service rules” in the region.

Although it does not officially disclose which features were removed from the applications, the Facebook reported on its support pages that surveys are inactive on both Messenger and Instagram in Europe, as are the stickers so beloved by heavy Insta users. Users have also reported that functions such as personalized responses on Messenger, or sending certain files via DM (direct message) on Instagram have also been removed.

What does the European Union say?

The proposal called the Digital Services Act (DSA) or, simply, privacy guidelines, was proposed by European Union countries to prevent companies with more than 45 million users – such as Facebook – from not making an effort to combat the dissemination and engagement of fake news, the popular fake news.

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The directive imposes stricter rules on the use of data in communication services that operate in countries that are part of the European Union. Although it is, in principle, complying with the determinations by limiting and excluding functions of Messenger and Instagram in European territory, Facebook does not intend to “let it go”. And it promises to return “soon” with all the functions of the apps for users in these countries.

In yet another chapter of the fight with the Apple, Facebook representatives sent a message upon learning of the Digital Markets Act (DMA), proposed by the European Union to prevent US companies from using their platforms to benefit their own services. “We hope that the DMA will also set limits on the Apple"This fight, apparently, will go on for a long time and, for now, the losers are the users in European countries.

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