German privacy tsar tells ministries to shut Facebook pages

German privacy tsar tells ministries to shut Facebook pages

In a letter to government departments and agencies earlier this month, commissioner Ulrich Kelber said Facebook had provided no way to run pages for institutions, whose feed users can subscribe to by clicking ‘like’, in an EU-compliant way.

Kelber added that partyline app Clubhouse, video clip app TikTok and Facebook’s Instagram site also appeared to have similar shortcomings, and recommended government organisations stop using them too until his inquiry was concluded.

Facebook, Clubhouse and TikTok did not immediately respond to emailed requests for comment.