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Facebook’s £3bn lawsuit given go-ahead


Meta is being sued on behalf of 45 million Facebook users in a case related to data monetization.

The lawsuit accuses Meta of giving users their data for non-Facebook products, like Instagram and other third-party websites. This is because Facebook’s business model relies on targeted advertising, which in turn is facilitated by taking and monetizing users’ data. In legal documents, the business says it is “committed to giving people meaningful control” of the data shared — and claims to “invest heavily to create tools that allow them to do so.”

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