04/12/2023 (Agence Europe) – On Monday 4 December, a group of just over 80 Spanish media outlets lodged a complaint against the digital giant Meta. The complainants accuse the parent company of Facebook and Instagram of having “systematically and massively” breached the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) between May 2018 and July 2023, and the provisions relating to the consent that users must give regarding the use of their data for advertising purposes. The group of more than 80 Spanish media outlets believe that this practice enabled the American company to offer “the sale of advertising space based on an illegitimately obtained competitive advantage”, and are claiming €550 million in compensation. Last week, the Noyb organisation and the European Consumer Organisation lodged complaints against Meta concerning its ‘Pay or Okay’ system (see EUROPE 13303/8, 13304/15). (TM)