Iho, Imo StateA Nigerian court dismissed a $25 million Meta privacy suit.
The ruling shows how hard it is to prove Big Tech misused data it alone controls.
The judge said she failed to show how Meta processed her data, after a regulator’s $32.8 million fine was set aside.
Meta argued consent is not the only lawful basis for processing data under Nigeria’s 2023 law.
The regulator’s case against Meta remains settled and set aside, leaving no legal record to build on.
How each outlet framed it
- Premium Times Nigeria
- applies burden-of-proof standard: applicant failed to satisfactorily prove Meta violated Section 37 privacy rights or Nigeria Data Protection Act 2023
Sources: Premium Times Nigeria