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German data watchdog appeals court ruling on government’s Facebook Fan Page (update*)

By Sara Brandstätter ( August 22, 2025, 12:22 GMT | Insight) -- The German federal data protection authority has appealed the decision in the Facebook Fan Page case, a spokesperson for the Cologne Administrative Court told MLex. The court ruled that the German government's press office can continue using Meta’s Facebook Fan Page. It sided with the federal government and Meta in their challenge to a 2023 order by the Federal Data Protection Commissioner, which had sought to ban the page over alleged violations of the EU’s data protection rules.The German federal data protection authority filed an appeal yesterday against the ruling in the Facebook Fan Page case, a spokesperson for the Cologne Administrative Court told MLex....

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