«The ability for data to be transferred across borders is fundamental to how the global open internet works,» Meta executives said.
Meta warned that its record $1.3 billion fine «sets a dangerous precedent» related to online freedoms in a statement released Monday.
The tech giant was handed the biggest-ever fine for privacy violations in the European Union after being previously warned not to transfer the data of Facebook users in Europe to the US, over concerns American security agencies could use it to spy on Europeans.
Nick Clegg, Meta’s president of global affairs, and Jennifer Newstead, its chief legal officer, said the ruling is «flawed, unjustified and sets a dangerous precedent» in the company’s response.
Clegg, who was Britain’s deputy prime minister for five years, was a member of the European Parliament until 2004 and later campaigned against Brexit, before losing his seat in the UK Parliament in 2017.
