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US Supreme Court to Hear Facebook Bid to Scuttle Shareholder Lawsuit
Jun 10 2024 // The U.S. Supreme Court agreed on Monday to hear a bid by Meta’s Facebook to scuttle a private securities fraud lawsuit accusing the social media platform of misleading investors in 2017 and 2018 about the misuse of...
Facebook Faces $3.7B UK Mass Action Over Market Dominance
Feb 15 2024 // Facebook must face a collective lawsuit valued at around 3 billion pounds ($3.77 billion) over allegations the social media giant abused its dominant position to monetise users’ personal data, a London tribunal ruled...
Spanish Court Rules Facebook Moderator Suffered Work-Related Mental Trauma
Jan 19 2024 // A Spanish court has ruled a former Facebook moderator’s mental health was damaged by his work reviewing graphic content such as beheadings, in a case that could have implications for how social media firms work with...
Spanish Media Association Files $598M Lawsuit Against Facebook Owner Meta
Dec 4 2023 // A group representing 83 Spanish media outlets has filed a 550 million euro ($600 million) lawsuit against Facebook owner Meta Platforms, citing unfair competition in the advertising market in a case that could be...
Facebook Settlement Lawyers Want ‘Nick Bosa Money,’ Judge Says
Sep 8 2023 // Lawyers who sued Facebook over user privacy violations are seeking $180 million in attorneys fees — a sum the judge in the case likened to “Nick Bosa money,” a reference to a $170 million contract the San...
Florida Democratic Senators Host Facebook Town Halls on Continuing Insurance Crisis
Jul 27 2023 // Two Florida Democratic state senators are hosting webinars this month and next on the state’s property insurance situation. “Homeowners Insurance 101: A Guide for Insurance Coverage,” a series of virtual...
Australia Fines Facebook Owner Meta $14M for Failure to Disclose Data Collection
Jul 26 2023 // An Australian court ordered Facebook owner Meta Platforms to pay fines totaling A$20 million ($14 million) for collecting user data through a smartphone application advertised as a way to protect privacy without disclosing...
Buffalo Supermarket Shooting Victims Sue Facebook, Amazon, Other Tech Giants
Jul 14 2023 // Tech and social media giants like Facebook, Amazon and Google bear responsibility for radicalizing the Buffalo supermarket shooter, who was fueled by racist conspiracy theories he encountered online, the victim’s...
Court Allows Philly Cops Fired Over Facebook Posts to Pursue 1st Amendment Claims
Jun 13 2023 // A dozen Philadelphia police officers who were fired or suspended for racist and violent social media posts can pursue a lawsuit against the city claiming their First Amendment rights were violated, a federal appeals court...
Facebook Owner Meta Starts Final Round of Layoffs
May 24 2023 // Meta Platforms Inc started carrying out the last batch of a three-part round of layoffs on Wednesday, according to a source familiar with the matter, as part of a plan announced in March to eliminate 10,000 roles. Meta in...
Facebook Fails in Bid to Get Cambridge Analytica Lawsuit Tossed
May 11 2023 // A judge ruled Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and other former directors of the social-media company must face claims they turned a blind eye to rampant privacy violations, including allowing a firm hired by Donald...
Dutch Court Finds Facebook Misused Data in Class Action Lawsuit
Mar 16 2023 // A Dutch court hearing a class action lawsuit on Wednesday found that a European subsidiary of Meta, Facebook Ireland, improperly used personal data of Dutch citizens between 2010 and 2020, saying the company had...
Facebook Temporarily Fights Off $3.7B UK Mass Action Over Market Dominance
Feb 21 2023 // Facebook on Monday temporarily fought off a collective lawsuit valued at up to 3 billion pounds ($3.7 billion) over allegations the social media giant abused its dominant position to monetise users’ personal...
Facebook Hit With $1 Million Fine Tied to User-Privacy Lawsuit
Feb 10 2023 // Facebook and its outside law firm were ordered to pay almost $1 million in sanctions for deceitfully denying that it shared users’ private information with third parties without permission. The fine is “loose...
Facebook Seeks to Block $3.7B UK Mass Action Over Market Dominance
Jan 31 2023 // Facebook on Monday asked a London tribunal to block a collective lawsuit valued at up to 3 billion pounds ($3.7 billion) over allegations the social media giant abused its dominant position to monetize users’...
Facebook Parent Meta to Settle Cambridge Analytica Scandal Case for $725M
Dec 27 2022 // Facebook owner Meta Platforms Inc. has agreed to pay $725 million to resolve a class-action lawsuit accusing the social media giant of allowing third parties, including Cambridge Analytica, to access users’ personal...
Facebook Accused by Female Truckers of Skewing Job Ads
Dec 2 2022 // Meta Platforms Inc. unlawfully steered dozens of hiring ads from trucking companies and other advertisers to mostly one gender or age group, an advocacy group for female truckers alleged in a U.S. complaint on Thursday,...
U.S. States Ask Appeals Court to Reinstate Facebook Lawsuit
Sep 20 2022 // A big group of U.S. states, led by New York, argued to an appeals court Monday that it should reinstate an antitrust lawsuit against Meta’s Facebook because of ongoing harm from the company’s actions and...
Meta’s Facebook Agrees to Settle Cambridge Analytica Suit
Aug 29 2022 // Meta Platforms Inc. settled a long-running lawsuit that claimed Facebook illegally shared user data with the research firm Cambridge Analytica. The preliminary settlement, disclosed in a court filing late Friday, follows...
Meta Reaches $37.5 Million Settlement of Facebook Location Tracking Lawsuit
Aug 23 2022 // Meta Platforms Inc. reached a $37.5 million settlement of a lawsuit accusing the parent of Facebook of violating users’ privacy by tracking their movements through their smartphones without permission. A preliminary...
