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German antitrust watchdog to act against Facebook: report

Silhouettes of mobile users are seen next to a screen projection of Facebook logo. [Photo: Reuters]

BERLIN - Germany’s antitrust watchdog plans to order Facebook to stop gathering some user data, a newspaper reported on Sunday.

The Federal Cartel Office, which has been investigating Facebook since 2015, has already found that the social media giant abused its market dominance to gather data on people without their knowledge or consent.

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