Feb 15, 2024
Facebook £3bn legal action given go-ahead in London
A judge has given the go-ahead to a mass legal action against Facebook owner Meta, potentially worth £3bn. The case is being brought by legal academic Dr Liza Lovdahl Gormsen, on behalf of 45 million Facebook users. The new claim says: "Facebook has struck an unfair bargain with its users," according to legal documents. Facebook abused its dominance by making users give it their data from non-Facebook products, including Meta-owned Instagram and other third-party sites. The legal action is being funded by Innsworth, a company backed by an investment management fund, which has also funded mass legal actions against Mastercard, Ericsson and Volkswagen. In 2023, Meta paid out $725m, in a privacy case, to Facebook account holders in the US..
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