Meta “had exercised an unfair market advantage by extracting personal data of internet users in violation of European law and using it to create more effective advertising”.
That’s one helluva law.
GOOD
half a billion
peanuts for Meta I guess - but keep them coming, the EU has 27 member states
Not peanuts. 20% of annual revenue (not income) in Spain.
I love to see Meta lose, but I couldn’t care less that “legacy media” lost ad revenue. This money should be paid to the public for being targeted with illegal privacy practices.
This money should be paid to the public for being targeted with illegal privacy practices.
So the public should sue them. This is not the court deciding where the money should go. Media companies sued for their share, the public can sue to get their.
They will appeal, then they will appeal again and again. In 10 years we will see some binding ruling.
