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Facebook Dealt Blow as German Court Strikes Business Model
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Social network giant is abusing its market power, judges say
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Antitrust order won’t be suspended while suit is pending
Facebook Inc. suffered a setback in a key challenge to its business model as Germany’s highest civil court said that it has “no doubt” that the social network misuses its dominant market position.
Judges at a hearing on Tuesday ruled that Facebook must comply with a strict order curbing the network’s leeway in tracking users’ browsing and smartphone apps even as it fights the original ruling in a lower court.
