Meta Could Face Hefty Fine as EU Probe Into Massive Data Leak Draws to Close October 5, 2022 By Stephanie Bodoni Meta Platforms Inc. could face a hefty fine as a probe by a key European Union privacy watchdog into the...
Social Media Company Liability Draws US Supreme Court Scrutiny October 3, 2022 By Greg Stohr The US Supreme Court will decide whether social media companies can be sued over targeted content recommendations, agreeing to hear...
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...
Tech Giants Brace for Legal Mess of Abortion Data Subpoenas July 8, 2022 By Dina Bass and Mark Bergen Technology giants including Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp. and Google, facing questions about whether they’d hand over users’ personal data to...
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...