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Mass claim against Meta must be able to seek ‘user damages,' UK judge told

By Simon Zekaria ( September 29, 2025, 15:41 GMT | Insight) -- A collective action targeting Meta Platforms over the data practices of its Facebook service must be allowed to seek “user damages" for the class, the class representative told a UK judge on Monday in seeking to amend the claim. The claim, set for a trial in 2027, alleges that Meta's core social-media platform abused a dominant UK market position.A collective claim targeting Meta Platforms over the data practices of its Facebook service must be allowed to seek “user damages" for the class, the class representative told a UK judge....

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