
A media collective is attacking Meta before the Paris Economic Activities Court for advertising practices deemed illicit.
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The European Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) has imposed strict rules on user consent since 2018.
Unprecedented in its scale, the legal action brought against Meta by a coalition of 101 French media, including Le Figaro, before the Paris Economic Activities Court is also unprecedented in the amount of compensation claimed: 1.4 billion euros.
In April 2025, a collective of French press and audiovisual groups (Le Figaro, Les Échos-Le Parisien, L'Équipe, Libération, Ouest-France, Ebra, TF1, Radio France, CMI, CMA Medias, France Télévisions, Prisma Media, etc.) joined forces to attack the advertising practices of the parent company of Facebook and Instagram before a court responsible for deciding commercial disputes. The collective complaint denounces “advertising targeting based on the massive and illicit collection of users’ personal data”. In other words, they accuse Meta of not having respected the European data protection regulation which came into force since 2018, by having displayed targeted advertisements without having collected consent…

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