Meta slams EU's 'aberrant' antitrust demands for data on Facebook


FILE PHOTO: Meta and Facebook logos are seen in this illustration taken February 15, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo

LUXEMBOURG (Reuters) -Meta Platforms on Wednesday hit out at EU antitrust regulators for what it said were "aberrant" requests for information during two investigations four years ago, underscoring the increasing pushback by companies against what they see as disproportionate regulatory demands.

Meta, which had previously likened such EU demands related to its Facebook social network and online classified ads to a fishing trawler, said the issue was whether there is a limit to regulators' power and if there was effective judicial check on them.

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