( April 30, 2026, 13:10 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: A lawsuit against X for data protection violations was dismissed by the Berlin Court of Appeal on Thursday because the claims by the affected customers were not of a similar nature, the court said. The Netherlands-based Foundation for Market Information Research, or SOMI, filed a class-action lawsuit seeking damages for German X users, whose data was unlawfully processed. According to the court, the extent of the harm and whether compensation is warranted must be assessed case by case.Statement attached (in German)....
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