Meta goes to EU court to challenge ‘pay or consent’ fine
By Lewis Crofts ( July 7, 2025, 18:33 GMT | Insight) -- Meta Platforms has submitted a formal legal challenge to a 200 million euro fine imposed for not complying with the EU’s Digital Markets Act. The company today turned to judges at the EU’s lower-tier General Court to contest the penalty imposed in April for not giving users the opportunity to use its social media services in a form that gathers less data.Meta Platforms has submitted a formal legal challenge to a 200 million euro fine imposed for not complying with the EU’s Digital Markets Act....
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