Meta faces trial in 2025 on unfair competition case lodged by Spanish media

The AMI media association, which represents 87 Spanish media firms, filed a lawsuit last year alleging Meta violated EU data protection rules between 2018 and 2023. The newspapers argue that Meta's "massive" and "systematic" use of the personal data of its Facebook, Instagram and Whatsapp platform users gives it an unfair advantage in designing and offering personalised ads, which they say constitutes unfair competition.