Facebook to defend itself against 'damaging' Irish data privacy probe


FILE PHOTO A 3D printed Facebook logo is seen in this illustration picture taken May 4 2021. REUTERSDado RuvicFile Photo

FILE PHOTO: A 3D printed Facebook logo is seen in this illustration picture taken May 4, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/File Photo

DUBLIN (Reuters) - Facebook said on Friday it would defend its compliance with European Union privacy laws after the Irish High Court threw out its objections to an investigation opened by the Irish Data Protection Commission (IDPC).

"We look forward to defending our compliance to the IDPC, as their preliminary decision could be damaging not only to Facebook, but also to users and other businesses," a Facebook spokesperson said.

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