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Facebook, in an annual report issued that February, threatened an even harsher version of its Australia strategy, warning that, if the E.U. went ahead, it would βlikely be unable to offer a number of our most significant products and services, including Facebook and Instagram, in Europe.β Germanyβs finance minister shrugged off the coercion, telling reporters that, ever since he had given up social media four years earlier, βlife has been fantastic.β Franceβs finance minister, almost daring the company to follow through, announced, βwe would live very well without Facebook.
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Max Fisher (The Chaos Machine: The Inside Story of How Social Media Rewired Our Minds and Our World)