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...
Survey: Broad Support for Renewables, Gap in Climate Change Awareness June 30, 2022 By Don Jergler There is overwhelming public support across the globe for using renewable energy, according to a new survey out from the...
Content Moderator in Kenya Sues Facebook Owner Meta Over Working Conditions May 10, 2022 By Ayenat Mersie A former moderator working for Facebook owner Meta Platforms Inc. on Tuesday filed a lawsuit alleging that poor working conditions...
Russia Court Finds Meta Guilty of ‘Extremist Activity’; Ruling Will Not Affect WhatsApp March 22, 2022 A Moscow court said on Monday that Meta was guilty of “extremist activity,” but the ruling will not affect its...
Zuckerberg Deposition Blocked by Judge in D.C. Privacy Case March 18, 2022 By Erik Larson A request to depose Mark Zuckerberg as part of Washington, D.C.’s data-privacy lawsuit against Facebook drew a blistering denial from...
Meta’s Facebook to Pay $90 Million to Settle Privacy Lawsuit Over User Tracking February 22, 2022 By Jonathan Stempel Facebook agreed to pay $90 million to settle a decade-old privacy lawsuit accusing it of tracking users’ internet activity even...
Mother Sues Meta, Snap Over Social Media ‘Addicted’ Daughter’s Suicide January 21, 2022 By Robert Burnson Meta Platforms Inc. and Snap Inc. are to blame for the suicide of an 11-year-old girl who was addicted to...
How Big Tech Is Faring in U.S. Lawsuits and Probes December 8, 2021 By Diane Bartz Big Tech platforms Meta Platforms Inc, formerly known as Facebook, and Google have been hit with a series of antitrust...