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In Meta’s countdown to UK mass claim trial, evidence gathering becomes crucial

By Simon Zekaria ( April 24, 2025, 14:36 GMT | Comment) -- With Meta Platforms now having an autumn 2027 date to defend itself in a UK court over a $2 billion mass claim targeting Facebook data practices, the focus is on the litigants’ battle over evidence to sway the case’s outcome. Engagement in a document-disclosure exercise between Meta and Liza Lovdahl Gormsen, heading a class of 46 million consumers, will sharpen both the issues that make it to trial, and the strength of their arguments.Meta learned recently that a UK mass claim over its highly-scrutinized Facebook data practices won't go to trial until autumn 2027, but its evidence preparation begins in earnest right away....

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