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Social network says the European Commission is demanding irrelevant disclosure in its investigation

San Francisco — Facebook has accused the European Commission of demanding the disclosure of irrelevant data, including details of correspondence with bereaved staff and of security risks to employees’ families.

The EU has two early-stage probes into Facebook’s classified ads service and its data practices. Regulators can require companies to give documents mentioning certain keywords under threat of fines. The tech giant is asking the court to curb the EU’s wide powers to demand and sift information from companies. Instead, it calls on the court to allow independent lawyers to review and exclude documents that are “manifestly irrelevant to the investigation and/or personal documents”.

The commission “will defend its case in court” and its “investigation into Facebook’s potential anticompetitive conduct is ongoing”, the EU antitrust authority said in a statement.

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