A Spanish court will open a trial on Wednesday over a 550-million-euro lawsuit brought by more than 80 Spanish media organisations against Facebook owner Meta for allegedly breaching European Union data protection rules.

EU rules oblige companies to obtain users' consent to create personalised advertising from their data.

Spain's main media association AMI says the US tech giant, which also owns Instagram and WhatsApp, created "unfair competition" by "systematically" breaking the law between May 2018 and July 2023.

The association alleges unfair competition in digital advertising sales and is seeking 551 million euros ($647 million) in compensation.

"Meta has ignored European regulations to build its economic empire at the expense of the viability of the media and the right of all citi

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