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Callum Booth
Editor of Plugged by TNWCallum is an Englishman in Amsterdam, but not in the way you're thinking. He's the Editor of Plugged, TNW's consumer tech vertical. He w Callum is an Englishman in Amsterdam, but not in the way you're thinking. He's the Editor of Plugged, TNW's consumer tech vertical. He writes about gear, gadgets, and apps — with a particular focus on Apple — and also makes the occasional odd video. Basically, he's halfway between an abrasive gadget nerd and thinky art boy.
Meta made a chilling statement in its annual report: Facebook and Instagram may shut down in Europe if the company isn’t able to store and process data from the union’s users on US-based servers.
Now, this piece isn’t looking into the background of this event — or the fact Big Zuck has made this threat before.
Instead, it’s just a simple thought experiment where we imagine what the world would look like without Facebook and Instagram.
And, in my mind? It’ll be probably be something like this:

The horror, friends, the horror. Let’s come together and pray scenes like this never happen.
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