A huge lawsuit against Meta<\/a>, the owners of Facebook, has been given the go-ahead by a judge in a case estimated to be worth up to \u00a33bn.<\/p>\n The case, which claims \u201cFacebook has struck an unfair bargain<\/a> with its users,\u201d is being brought by Dr Liza Lovdahl Gormsen on behalf of 45 million<\/a> Facebook users. She first tried to sue Meta<\/a> in 2023 but was unsuccessful.<\/p>\n Upon revision, however, the new claim was accepted. This legal action, which can be heard in early 2026 at the very latest, is funded by Innsworth. The company has funded similar mass lawsuits in the past against the likes of Volkswagon, Ericsson, and Mastercard.<\/p>\n According to legal documents, the claimant seeks \u00a32.07-3.1bn compensation<\/a> for those with Facebook accounts between February 2016 and October 2023. The lawsuit accuses Meta of giving users their data for non-Facebook products, like Instagram and other third-party websites.<\/p>\n The documents claim that sharing data with these third parties became a condition of accessing the Facebook platform, pursuant to the \u201ctake-it-or-leave-it\u2019 offer.\u2019<\/p>\n Because of this, the lawsuit claims that UK Facebook users have not been sufficiently compensated for the commercial value their data provides Meta.\u00a0 This is because Facebook\u2019s business model relies on targeted advertising, which in turn is facilitated by taking and monetizing users\u2019 data.<\/p>\n The case will be heard at the Competition Appeal Tribunal \u2014 but Meta is vehemently denying the claims.<\/p>\n The business says the claims \u201cremain entirely without merit\u201d and affirmed that Meta<\/a> would \u201cvigorously defend against them.\u201d<\/p>\n According to Meta, the \u201cfundamental concerns identified by the tribunal in its February 2023 judgment have not been resolved\u201d.<\/p>\n In legal documents, the business says it is \u201ccommitted to giving people meaningful control\u201d of the data shared \u2014 and claims to \u201cinvest heavily to create tools that allow them to do so.\u201d<\/p>\n Featured Image: Photo by Solen Feyissa<\/a> on Unsplash<\/a><\/p>\nAn \u2018unfair bargain\u2019<\/h2>\n
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