The Forward

Germany Investigates Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook Over Slow Removal of Hate Speech

German prosecutors are investigating Mark Zuckerberg and other Facebook executives for failing to react to the onslaught of hate speech on their platform as well as for not deleting posts denying the ...
TechCrunch

Antitrust challenge to Facebook’s ‘superprofiling’ finally wraps in Germany — with Meta agreeing to data limits

A multi-year competition challenge to Facebook (aka Meta), which saw Germany’s antitrust authority become a pioneering champion for privacy rights in 2019 after it sought to block the social media ...
techtimes

Facebook Hit With Court Ruling: German Users to Get Cash for 2018-2019 Data Breach

The German Federal Court of Justice (BGH) ruled on Monday, Nov. 18 that private people who lose control over their data through unauthorized access are authorized to claim damages. As a result, this ...
Reuters

Facebook users affected by data breach eligible for compensation, German court says

BERLIN, Nov 18 (Reuters) - A German court said on Monday that Facebook users whose data was illegally obtained in 2018 and 2019 were eligible for compensation. The Federal Court of Justice (BGH) ruled ...
eTeknix

German Court Rules Facebook’s ‘Friends Finder’ Unlawful

The highest court in Germany has ruled that Facebook’s ‘Friends Finder’ function is unlawful on the grounds that it scrapes the e-mail contacts of users in order to market the social media site to ...