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Up to 44 million UK Facebook users could share \u00a32.3bn in damages, according to a competition expert intending to sue parent company Meta.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr Liza Lovdahl Gormsen alleges Meta “abused its market dominance” to set an “unfair price” for free use of Facebook – UK users’ personal data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She intends to bring the case to the Competition Appeal Tribunal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A Meta representative said users had “meaningful control” of what information they shared.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

‘Excessive profits’<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Facebook “abused its market dominance to impose unfair terms and conditions on ordinary Britons, giving it the power to exploit their personal data”, Dr Lovdahl Gormsen says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And this data, harvested between 2015 and 2019, provided a highly detailed picture of their internet use, helping the company make “excessive profits”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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 says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, in November, the UK’s Supreme Court rejected an optout 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<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Free services<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The judge in that case said the claimant had failed to prove damage had been caused to each individual by the data collection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But he did not rule out the possibility of future mass-action cases if damages could be calculated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And Dr Lovdahl Gormsen told BBC News: “Optout cases are specifically permitted at the Competition Appeal Tribunal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“As a result, my case is able to claim damages on behalf of the 44 million British Facebook users affected.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meta has rejected the allegations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

People use its free services because they find them useful and have control over how their data us used, it says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

‘Deliver value’<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

A representative told BBC News: “People access our service for free.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“They choose our services because we deliver value for them and they have meaningful control of what information they share on Meta’s platforms and who with.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“We have invested heavily to create tools that allow them to do so.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, this latest case adds to the company’s legal battles<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The US Federal Trade Commission was recently given the go-ahead to take Meta to court over anti-trust rules.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meta said it was sure it would prevail in court.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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