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Court criticizes German watchdog for imposing knowledge assortment restrictions on Facebook, because it refers case to Europes high court docket

A German court docket has effectively sided with Facebook, overruling a decision through the country’s antitrust watchdog that claimed the social media huge had abused its position to illegally acquire client knowledge.
A German court has effectively sided with Facebook, overruling a decision by the country’s antitrust watchdog that claimed the social media giant had abused its position to illegally gather user data.

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