Facebook is disabling some Messenger and Instagram features in Europe. Although they do not cover the whole territory, it is effective in certain regions. The changes are related to the 2002 messaging regulations in place in Europe and will cause, at least temporarily, the company led by Mark Zuckerberg to implement some cuts.
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In some areas of Europe, messages have appeared this week warning that some features are temporarily restricted in both Facebook Messenger and the private messaging included in Instagram. Facebook says the changes are to “respect the new rules for messaging services in Europe” referring to directives dating back to 2002, and working to bring them back.
Facebook is disabling some Messenger and Instagram features in Europe
Goodbye to stickers and personalized answers. As we said, Facebook is warning users in certain regions of Europe that some features of both Facebook Messenger and Instagram are being restricted. The reason is as we said, the entry into force of a new regulation for messaging services. The company itself does not specify in the message which functionalities will disappear temporarily, although its help page does reveal them.
Until further notice, the company is currently working to get the features back to normal as soon as possible. Messenger custom responses are disabled, as well as Instagram stickers in your private messages. Support for certain files when sending them through Messenger has also been removed, as well as some direct message augmented reality effects.
It is not known if Facebook will be able to return these functionalities, thus solving the current incompatibilities with the electronic privacy directive implemented in Europe in 2002, which is now implemented in some countries. We will keep an eye out for possible future announcements from the American company.
