Where's my link preview Facebook?

Ever shared a link, but then suddenly there's no preview? It might not just be a bug..
Where's my link preview Facebook?

Expexted behavior

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When you share a link in Messenger, Instagram, Twitter and other social media, you expect there to be an preview of what you send

Reality

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Then suddenly you get no preview and to make it even more confusing, it sometimes work

Why does it work with for some and other it doesn't? Is a bug or is there a reason behind it?

Reason

Believe it or not, it's not a bug and actually a feature. More precisely a safety mechanism for Facebook to not be sued by European Union (EU) for breach on GDPR

Now some of you are probably scratching your head and wondering how link preview can breach GDPR...

It's not the preview itself that's the issue, but the tracking it might contain and concent the user needs to agree to before seeing it. Not to mention what tracking Facebook themselves have there, which they're not disclosing

Therefore, link preview are not available to users residing in EU or chats containing people residing in EU

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