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by pavel_lishin 2320 days ago
> Facebook was not "blocked" - they voluntarily halted the rollout of the feature themselves. NOBODY told them to do this.

It sure sounds like the DPC told them to:

> the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) — using inspection and document seizure powers set out in Section 130 of the country’s Data Protection Act — had sent agents to Facebook’s Dublin office seeking documentation that Facebook had failed to provide.

That's like saying that I voluntarily left someone's premises after the police told me to leave before I got arrested for tresspassing.