European ministers have long stopped using Facebook, only ministers near Malaysia are still using it.
German and French politicians do not care about the threat of Meta Platform Inc who wants to shut down the Facebook application due to European legal rules that prevent any data from being taken out of the European zone.
German Economy Minister Robert Habeck and French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said their lives had gotten better since not using Facebook and Twitter for 4 years.
Le Maire added, he felt life without Facebook was much better and asked other digital giants to understand the will of the opposing continent of Europe and affirm its sovereignty.
The comments were issued by them in response to Meta’s threat of Facebook shutting down because the tech giant needed user data to provide product and service recommendations to its customers.
Meanwhile, Le Maire has listed ways European governments are challenging other tech giants including introducing privacy rules, taxes and restricting the development of digital currencies.
In a separate piece of news, Meta Platform Inc’s billionaire and Facebook investor Peter Thiel has decided to step down from the company.
Thiel was one of the earliest investors in the social media network in addition to serving as a director until Meta’s annual shareholders ’meeting.
Has already started investing in Facebook in 2004 with a capital of $ 500,000 at a valuation of $ 5 million for a 10% stake in the company and as a board of directors.
The company's chief executive officer, Mark Zuckerberg, expressed his gratitude and appreciation to Peter Thiel for all his efforts over the years in developing Facebook.
According to The Wall Street Journal, Theil intends to focus his efforts on helping Republican candidate Donald Trump in the mid -2022 election.
