Everybody’s favourite global misinformation shambles, Facebook, is facing yet more legal action, with the latest litigation potentially costing the network’s owner, Meta, £3bn.

A London judge has given the greenlight for a case, brought by one Dr Liza Lovdahl Gormsen on behalf of 45 million Facebook victims, I mean users.

Dr Gormsen’s first attempt to claim against the manic firm was turned down in 2023, but she came back with a revised version that was much more to the judge’s liking.

So, what’s Meta allegedly done now? Apparently, Facebook abused its supremacy by forcing its poor old users to hand over their data from non-Facebook products, such as the narcissist’s dream paradise of Instagram, which sounds very familiar, doesn’t it?

And while, we’re on the subject of Facebook/Meta, spookily expressionless big boss Mark Zuckerberg is miffed/peeved/irritated by Apple’s new headset monstrosity, Vision Pro.

The strap-on device would appear to allow truly dedicated computer fans to have the internet/spreadsheets/etc fired directly into their eyes as they traipse the streets.

Craftily, rather than have Apple’s customers accidentally walk in front of trains/cars/furious fellow pedestrians, the Vision Pro has front-mounted cameras that feed live video of the real world back to the tech-bound zombie, allowing them a semblance of the world obscured to them while checking eBay listings/Facebook/pittance left in account about buying expensive headset.

Anyhow, Count Zuckerberg reckons his firm’s attempt at the same thing, Quest 3, is a superior piece of tat.

“I think Quest is the better product, period,” he whined, adding that “it seems like there are a lot of people who just assumed that Vision Pro would be higher quality because it’s Apple.”

What fun! And talking of Apple, the behemoth tax-shy company is facing a €500 million fine after a European Commission antitrust probe into whether it blocked apps from letting iPhone users know of cheaper music subscription services outside the App Store.

How sad! Still, I’m sure it’s small change to the richest company in the world – and a few pallets-worth of Vision Pros will certainly cover it ($3,499* a pop – yes, a mere $3,499 to sink further into digital tedium while looking like an idiot).

*I don’t know how much this is in proper money. Google it in your headset.

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A human person has become a victim of fraud, which involved some complicated chicanery around her electric telephone and her interactions with a lettings agent. Let me explain.

Actually, let the Guardian explain, here, as they’ve done a better job than I would. It’s worth reading (and a little bit terrifying).