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...
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...
Texas Sues Facebook Parent Meta Over Facial Recognition February 16, 2022 By Barbara Ortutay The Texas Attorney General is suing Facebook parent Meta, saying the company has unlawfully collected biometric data on Texans for...
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...