Meta faces UK lawsuit over allegations of exploitation

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Legal expert Dr Liza Lovdahl Gormsen claims that Meta, via Facebook, abused its market dominance to use users' data without compensating them
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Legal expert Dr Liza Lovdahl Gormsen claims that Meta, via Facebook, abused its market dominance to use users' data without compensating them

The £2.3 billion legal claim has been filed on behalf of the platform's 44 million users in the UK

A British legal expert has launched a £2.3 billion class action lawsuit against Facebook's parent firm Meta, over allegations that the company abused its market dominance to generate billions of do...

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