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Using Meta's Facebook Fan Page is legal, German government press office tells court

By Sara Brandstätter ( July 17, 2025, 16:10 GMT | Insight) -- Meta Platforms and the German government’s press office told judges in a Cologne court today that for the office to use the social-media giant's Facebook Fan Page isn’t violating data protection laws and called on them to overturn the federal privacy regulator's ban on doing so. The regulator defended its view that use of the Facebook Fan Page constitutes a clear data protection violation due to users' data being processed by Meta.Meta Platforms and the German government’s press office told judges today that for the office to use the social-media giant's Facebook Fan Page isn’t violating data protection laws and called on them to overturn a regulator's ban on doing so. ...

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