Facebook Faces Class Action Suit In UK

Up to 44 million UK Facebook users could share £2.3 billion in damages, according to a competition expert intending to sue parent company Meta for abusing its market dominance and setting an "unfair price" for free use of Facebook - UK users' personal data.

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Dr. Liza Lovdahl Gormsen said she intends to bring the case to the Competition Appeal Tribunal. A Meta representative said users had "meaningful control" of what information they shared.

Facebook "abused its market dominance to impose unfair terms and conditions on ordinary Britons, giving it the power to exploit their personal data," Dr. Gormsen said.

The data, harvested between 2015 and 2019, provided a highly detailed picture of their internet use, helping the company make "excessive profits."’

Anyone living in the UK who used Facebook at least once during the period will be part of the claim unless they choose to opt-out, she added. However, in November, the UK's Supreme Court rejected an opt-out claim seeking billions of pounds in damages from Google over alleged illegal tracking of millions of iPhones - Google said the issue had been addressed a decade ago.

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