Zuckerberg critic says EU regulators should let Facebook be pulled from Europe

Roger McNamee, the one-time mentor to the Facebook founder, claims such a move would be in the continent’s best interests

European regulators should let Mark Zuckerberg pull Facebook and Instagram from Europe ‘as soon as possible’ in the best interests of European citizens, according to Roger McNamee, Zuckerberg’s one-time mentor and now chief critic. Picture: SIPA USA/PA Images

European regulators should let Mark Zuckerberg pull Facebook and Instagram from Europe “as soon as possible” in the best interests of European citizens, according to Roger McNamee, Zuckerberg’s one-time mentor and now chief critic.

McNamee made his comments to the Business Post after Zuckerberg threatened again to withdraw his two social media platforms from Europe if regulators prevent his company, now known as Meta, from transferring user data back to the US.

McNamee’s investment firm ...