Submitted 3 days ago by sqgl@sh.itjust.works to technology@lemmy.world
https://apnews.com/article/meta-spain-fine-privacy-data-media-c97a7e46d923ba446c6974937e95a827
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.
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.
If you sue and lose it could cost up to a million dollars in your own legal fees and having to pay theirs.
They will appeal, then they will appeal again and again. In 10 years we will see some binding ruling.
A_norny_mousse@feddit.org 3 days ago
GOOD
peanuts for Meta I guess - but keep them coming, the EU has 27 member states
sqgl@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
Not peanuts. 20% of actual revenue (not income) in Spain.