The Hague faces a Facebook dilemma after failed negotiations with Meta

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The Hague faces a Facebook dilemma after failed negotiations with Meta
Minister for Kingdom Relations and Effective Government, Eric van der Burg / photo: EUCO

After more than two years of negotiations, the Dutch government has quietly acknowledged that it failed to persuade Meta to address privacy concerns linked to official government Facebook pages. The talks collapsed without agreement, leaving The Hague facing a difficult choice: continue using a platform deemed problematic by privacy experts or risk losing access to audiences that still rely on Facebook for government information.

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