Facebook sues EU antitrust regulator for seeking excessive information for investigation

Facebook has sued European Union antitrust regulators for seeking information beyond what is necessary for investigations into its data and marketplace. According to reports, Facebook has sued European Union regulators for asking personal information about company's employees, including ir financial and family details. American social media giant has reportedly asked for an interim measure at court to block any such requests of information by commission until judges rule.  

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Absolutely unnecessary 

scrutiny that Facebook is facing in Europe since last year is related to two things, one is focused on its store of data and second on its marketplace that was launched in 2016 across 70 countries. According to reports, California-based company has so far provided more than 3,00,000 documents equivalent to 1.7 million ps to regulators who are investigating social media conglomerate since 2019. Facebook associate general counsel Tim Lamb in a statement to press said that requests of information me by commission are very bro in nature and are absolutely unnecessary and unrelated to investigation. 

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Tim Lamb while defending Facebook's decision to file lawsuits against Commission said that company thinks such requests should be reviewed by EU courts. Meanwhile, Commission has said that it would defend its case in court. social media behemoth has reportedly filed two lawsuits against commission for seeking excessive information for its investigation which is violative in nature.

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