Meta loses UK appeal fight to cut ‘user damages’ from Facebook mass claim
( July 29, 2026, 14:24 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: Meta Platforms has failed in its latest bid to halt a UK mass claimant’s bid to pursue “user damages" for tens of millions of Facebook users in her suit alleging anticompetitive data practices by the social media platform. Class representative Liza Lovdahl Gormsen had applied to the Competition Appeal Tribunal to amend her claim to include user damages, which provide financial recompense for unauthorized use of property rather than compensating for a financial loss. The CAT said the issue should be resolved at trial — now scheduled for 2028. Meta challenged the ruling at the Court of Appeal, where judges on Wednesday unanimously backed the lower court.Ruling attached. ...
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