US EditionMeta Board and Mark Zuckerberg Face $8 Billion Trial over User Data Misuse Allegations
ABUJA, NIGERIA, JUL 16 – The Nigeria Data Protection Commission argues Meta violated the Nigeria Data Protection Act, imposing a $32.8 million fine and eight corrective orders for unauthorized data use, with court proceedings ongoing.
- On July 17, 2025, the NDPC urged the Federal High Court in Abuja to dismiss Meta’s suit, which challenges a $32.8 million fine and compliance orders.
- On Feb. 18, 2025, NDPC imposed a $32.8 million fine and eight orders under the Nigeria Data Protection Act after PDPAI alleged behavioral advertising without consent.
- According to the NDPC’s report, investigators found failures in compliance audits, cross-border data transfer rules, and handling non-user data.
- NDPC counsel Adeola Adedipe described the suit as `grossly incompetent` and argued that the court lacked jurisdiction, while Justice James Omotosho granted Meta leave for judicial review but refused to stay NDPC’s enforcement orders.
- The matter will return on October 3, 2025, when Justice James Omotosho set a consolidated ruling on NDPC’s preliminary objection and Meta’s motion to amend its filings.
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Shareholders seek reimbursement for fines from Cambridge Analytica scandal, press reports - Anadolu Ajansı
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By MARYCLAIRE DALE and BARBARA ORTUTAY WILMINGTON, Delaware, U.S.A. (AP) — The lawsuit for a US$8 billion collective investor lawsuit against Meta’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg, and company executives — current and previous — began on Wednesday, with claims stemming from the 2018 privacy scandal involving the political consulting firm Cambridge Analytica. Investors argue that Meta did not fully disclose the risks that Facebook users’ personal informatio…
Investors are launching a class action lawsuit against Mark Zuckerberg, the CEO of Meta, a company owned by Facebook, for $8 billion over suspicions that the social network allowed third parties, including Cambridge Analytica, to access users' personal data in 2018.
Meta board and Mark Zuckerberg face $8 billion trial over user data misuse allegations
Meta Platforms faces an $8 billion lawsuit from shareholders accusing Mark Zuckerberg and others of failing to protect user data, linked to the Cambridge Analytica scandal. The trial is in Delaware, with claims that Facebook misled users about data handling, leading to a significant FTC fine.
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