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Facebook sued over allegations it sidestepped Apple's privacy protections to collect user data

Summary by Ground News
Two class action lawsuits have been filed against Facebook and Instagram app Meta. The lawsuits allege that Meta secretly tracks data without users' consent. Apple updated its privacy rules in 2021 to easily allow iOS users to opt out of all tracking by third-party apps. The Electronic Frontier Foundation reported that Meta lost $10 billion in revenue over the next year.
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The IndependentThe Independent

Meta tracked users without their consent by skirting Apple’s privacy features, lawsuit alleges

Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, is being sued for allegedly tracking users without their consent.

1 year ago·London, United Kingdom
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USA TodayUSA Today

Facebook sued over allegations it sidestepped Apple's privacy protections to collect user data

Meta faces a lawsuit accusing the Facebook app of skirting around Apple's privacy protections and collecting user data through in-app browsers.

1 year ago·United States
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Hindustan TimesHindustan Times

Shocking! Facebook Parent Meta Sued for Skirting Apple Rules to Snoop on iPhone Users

Facebook parent Meta was sued for allegedly building a secret work-around to Apple safeguards that protect iPhone users from having their activity tracked.

1 year ago·New Delhi, India
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The Star Kuala LumpurThe Star Kuala Lumpur

Meta sued for skirting Apple privacy rules to snoop on users

Meta Platforms Inc. was sued for allegedly building a secret work-around to safeguards that Apple Inc. launched last year to protect iPhone users from having their internet activity tracked.

1 year ago·Malaysia
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BloombergBloomberg

Meta Sued for Skirting Apple Privacy Rules to Snoop on Users

Meta Platforms Inc. was sued for allegedly building a secret work-around to safeguards that Apple Inc. launched last year to protect iPhone users from having their internet activity tracked.

1 year ago·United States
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Arab NewsArab News

Meta sued for breaking Apple privacy policies to ‘snoop’ on users

LONDON: Meta was sued on Wednesday for allegedly building a secret workaround that allowed the company to bypass privacy features Apple introduced earlier last year to protect iPhone users from having their internet activity tracked. Two Meta users filed the lawsuit in San Francisco, where a similar claim was made last week accusing the tech giant “of skirting Apple’s 2021

1 year ago·Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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