A Milan court ruling last week has opened the door to a collective lawsuit against Meta Platforms, thrusting the social media giant back into the spotlight over a massive data scraping scandal. The decision marks a procedural win for consumer advocates, but one that could expose Meta to claims from millions of Italian Facebook users. Short and sharp: this isn’t about guilt yet. It’s about letting the fight proceed. The case stems from a breach between January 2018 and September 2019. Unknown actors scraped personal data from around 533 million Facebook profiles worldwide. Meta disclosed the incident in 2021, but only after the damage was done. In Italy alone, a legal source pegs the potential victims at 35 million users. That’s a chunk of the population whose phone numbers, emails, and other details ended up exposed. Yahoo Finance broke the story, citing a Reuters report from April 14, 2026.…