Regularly accused of tapping into its users’ personal data, Facebook intends to use this argument as well. On Monday 27 July, the lawyer for the world’s largest social network announced that his company would take its case to the European Court of Justice to denounce the European Commission’s requests for access to data.
The European Commission’s Directorate General for Competition is conducting two investigations into Facebook: one into how the US giant uses its users’ personal data to generate revenue and the other into whether its advertising marketplace puts its competitors at a disadvantage.
The digital giant has already provided 1.7 million pages of documents since the investigations began in March. It is protesting against a new request from the European authorities which, according to it, would risk revealing confidential data concerning its employees.
The Commission requested access to all documents containing approximately 2,500 words, including combinations of words such as “big question”, “not good for us” or “close” and refused to view them in camera. (Original version in French by Sophie Petitjean)