In the United Kingdom, a lawsuit filed against Meta, owner of Facebook, on behalf of 45 million people, has been given the green light.
The lawsuit, filed by Dr. Liza Lovdahl Gormsen, claims that Facebook created access conditions that require significant access to data on non-Facebook platforms, such as Instagram.
Meta has dismissed this claim and a previous claim rejected in 2023 as “completely without merit and we will vigorously defend against them.”
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The lawsuit proposes that Facebook abused its market dominance within the social media industry to make access to the platform a “take it or leave it” offer, since a condition of access is giving Facebook permission to use “off Facebook”. data.
As a result of this, the lawsuit claims that Facebook “has caused its UK users to suffer loss and damage, in particular because they have not been adequately compensated for the commercial value of their data collected and monetized by Facebook in relation to its activities outside of Facebook social networks. media site.”
The lawsuit will be heard at the Competition Appeals Tribunal, a specialized body that focuses on competition and economic regulation, and seeks damages in the range of between $2.6 and $3.9 billion (2, 07 – 3.1) billion dollars.
If the claim is successful, compensation would be available to those who had a Facebook account between February 2016 and October 2023. Facebook owner Meta previously paid $725 million (£583) million in a privacy case in United States in 2023.
