[matthewmacleod]

It does say:

"We are currently working to restore these features and will continue to update this document and the changelog section with the details as they are available."

Doesn't this suggest that they aren't being shut-down?

[the8472]

Various websites not available in europe are saying stuff like

> Unfortunately, our website is currently unavailable in most European countries. We are engaged on the issue and committed to looking at options that support our full range of digital offerings to the EU market.

and have done so for years.

Facebook's "currently" may be worth as much as the "engaged" and "committed" of those sites.

[diggan]

It might be temporary, but removing features "temporary" certainly sounds like being shut down, but temporary.

Interesting that Facebook and everyone else has been knowing that these rules have been coming for years, they still haven't been ready. Certainly reads like they haven't been working with anyone, and their last resort is now to temporary shut down the features they were unable to fix, during these years.

[fatnoah]

>Interesting that Facebook and everyone else has been knowing that these rules have been coming for years, they still haven't been ready.

There's being ready, but I think there's also some wariness that the penalties for non-compliance are so severe that it's not worth taking the risk.

When GDPR was first being proposed, I was at a startup in the messaging space, and we were in the midst of expanding into European markets. The level of effort to ensure compliance wasn't that high, but without established case law and a history of enforcement actions, it was deemed too much of a risk so we pulled back.

[oblio]

As the other commenters have said about GDPR, it could also be polite-speak for "never" (or "until we can lobby our way to new laws").

[theobeers]

That reminds me of the many local and regional newspapers in the US that are owned by Tribune Publishing, and whose websites have been inaccessible in Europe since the GDPR went into effect. You'll be met with the following disclaimer:

"Unfortunately, our website is currently unavailable in most European countries. We are engaged on the issue and committed to looking at options that support our full range of digital offerings to the EU market. We continue to identify technical compliance solutions that will provide all readers with our award-winning journalism."

Ok, I'm sure it'll be any day now…

[Lammy]

It's PR-speak to make the regulators look like the bad guys who took something from you that always-benevolent FB is working on your behalf to restore.