Facebook owner Meta on Wednesday defended its advertising model in a 550-million-euro trial in Spain over alleged breaches of EU data protection rules brought by more than 80 Spanish media organisations.
EU rules oblige companies to obtain users' consent to create personalised advertising from their data.
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