A German court ruled Facebook must compensate users whose data was hacked in 2018-2019, even without proof of financial loss. Is Meta ready for this?

A German court said on Monday that Facebook users whose data was illegally obtained in 2018 and 2019 were eligible for compensation.

A German court ruled on Monday that Facebook users affected by extensive data theft at the platform a few years ago should face only minimal hurdles for obtaining financial compensation. Germany's Federal Court of Justice ruled claimants would only have to prove that they were victims of the incident,

Germany's highest civil court has ruled that victims of a Facebook data breach could be entitled to compensation. The ruling could be good news for millions of users, but Facebook's parent company, Meta,