Facebook is facing a very important decision in Europe, where the American company has an injunction imposed against it by a German court, which forces it to reduce its practices of collecting data from users on the continent.
Facebook, according to the court that imposed the decision against it, abused the dominant position it has on the European market to collect a lot of data about people, and in Germany this will no longer be possible thanks to the court that says the practice must blocked.
Facebook is not obliged to do anything for now because the decision is not final at the moment, but if it remains like this, then the company might have to completely stop collecting data from people, especially through WhatsApp or Instagram.
"Facebook must comply with an order by Germany's antitrust watchdog to limit the collection of user data, a German top court ruled on Tuesday. The Federal Court's stay order, which suspends a lower court decision, supports the Federal Cartel Office's initial view that Facebook abused its market dominance to collect information about users without their consent."
