Washington Schools Suing over Social Media Harm January 9, 2023 By Gene Johnson The public school district in Seattle has filed a novel lawsuit against the tech giants behind TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, YouTube...
Facebook Parent Meta to Settle Cambridge Analytica Scandal Case for $725M December 27, 2022 By Nate Raymond Facebook owner Meta Platforms Inc. has agreed to pay $725 million to resolve a class-action lawsuit accusing the social media...
Facebook Accused by Female Truckers of Skewing Job Ads December 2, 2022 By Paresh Dave Meta Platforms Inc. unlawfully steered dozens of hiring ads from trucking companies and other advertisers to mostly one gender or...
Meta Must Pay $10.5M in Legal Fees to Washington October 31, 2022 Facebook parent company Meta has been ordered to pay $10.5 million in legal fees to Washington state atop a nearly...
Federal Court Rules in Favor of Texas Law on Social Media Regulation September 20, 2022 By Paul Weber A federal appeals court Friday ruled in favor of a Texas law targeting major social media companies like Facebook and...
U.S. States Ask Appeals Court to Reinstate Facebook Lawsuit September 20, 2022 By Diane Bartz A big group of U.S. states, led by New York, argued to an appeals court Monday that it should reinstate...
NFL Is Latest Target in Lawsuits Over Data-Sharing With Meta September 15, 2022 By Joe Schneider The National Football League was sued for allegedly sharing digital subscribers’ personal data with Meta Platforms Inc.’s Facebook, becoming the...
Meta’s Facebook Agrees to Settle Cambridge Analytica Suit August 29, 2022 By Joel Rosenblatt Meta Platforms Inc. settled a long-running lawsuit that claimed Facebook illegally shared user data with the research firm Cambridge Analytica....
Meta Reaches $37.5 Million Settlement of Facebook Location Tracking Lawsuit August 23, 2022 By Jonathan Stempel Meta Platforms Inc. reached a $37.5 million settlement of a lawsuit accusing the parent of Facebook of violating users’ privacy...
Meta VR Rival Claims It Was Obliterated When Facebook Took Its Name July 19, 2022 By Evan Peng A Meta Platforms Inc. rival claims in a federal trademark infringement lawsuit that its business has been obliterated after Facebook...