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Meta Loses Court Fight Over EU Hunt for Antitrust Evidence

  • EU lower court ruling can be appealed to bloc’s top tribunal
  • Meta sought to topple the EU’s demands to hand over data
A sign outside the main entrance of the Meta Platforms Inc. office building in Dublin, Ireland.

A sign outside the main entrance of the Meta Platforms Inc. office building in Dublin, Ireland.

Photographer: Paulo Nunes dos Santos/Bloomberg
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Meta Platforms Inc. lost a court fight with European Union regulators who demanded vast amounts of data to help build an antitrust case against the social-network giant.

The EU General Court, the bloc’s second-highest court, dismissed the challenge, ruling on Wednesday that Meta had failed to prove that the request “went beyond what was necessary” or that EU measures taken since didn’t sufficiently protect sensitive data.