Cambridge Analytica News

Meta Settles With Australia’s Privacy Watchdog Over Cambridge Analytica Lawsuit

Meta Platforms has agreed to a A$50 million settlement ($31.85 million), Australia’s privacy watchdog said on Tuesday, closing long-drawn, expensive legal proceedings for the Facebook parent over the Cambridge Analytica scandal. The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner had alleged …

Meta Must Face Investor Suit After Supreme Court Drops Case

The US Supreme Court dismissed an appeal by Meta Platforms Inc., leaving it to face a lawsuit that accuses the company of misleading shareholders about the data-harvesting scandal involving political consulting firm Cambridge Analytica. Investors claim the company, then known …

Facebook, Nvidia Ask Supreme Court to Spare Them From Securities Fraud Suits

The U.S. Supreme Court is set to consider bids by two tech giants – Meta’s Facebook and Nvidia – to fend off federal securities fraud lawsuits in separate cases that could make it harder for private litigants to hold companies …

US Supreme Court to Hear Facebook Bid to Scuttle Shareholder Lawsuit

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 its user data …

Australia Fines Facebook Owner Meta $14M for Failure to Disclose Data Collection

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 its actions. Australia’s Federal Court also ordered …

Facebook Fails in Bid to Get Cambridge Analytica Lawsuit Tossed

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 Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign to collect …

Facebook Hit With $1 Million Fine Tied to User-Privacy Lawsuit

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 change” for Facebook and Gibson Dunn & …

Facebook Parent Meta to Settle Cambridge Analytica Scandal Case for $725M

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 information. The proposed settlement, which was disclosed in …

D.C. Sues Zuckerberg Over Cambridge Analytica Data Breach

The District of Columbia said it sued Meta Platforms Inc. Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg for his alleged role in the data breach that allowed political consulting firm Cambridge Analytica to target Facebook users during the 2016 presidential election. A …

Zuckerberg Deposition Blocked by Judge in D.C. Privacy Case

A request to depose Mark Zuckerberg as part of Washington, D.C.’s data-privacy lawsuit against Facebook drew a blistering denial from the judge overseeing the case, who called the attempt “frankly annoying.” D.C. Superior Court Judge Maurice A. Ross said Tuesday …