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Supreme Court allows multibillion-dollar class action to proceed against Meta

The U.S. Supreme Court allows a multibillion-dollar class action against Meta to proceed, related to a privacy scandal involving Cambridge Analytica.
Investors claim that Meta misled them about the misuse of Facebook users' personal data linked to Cambridge Analytica.
The Supreme Court dismissed Meta's appeal, upholding a lower court's decision that allows the lawsuit to continue.

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lincsonline.co.uk

Call for help after Meta blocks #ShopStamford from Instagram

A social media tag that helps promote independent businesses has been blocked by Meta.

4 months ago·Grantham, United Kingdom

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newsaddicts.com

Supreme Court Deals a Blow to Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta, Green Lights Multibillion-Dollar Lawsuit - News Addicts

The Supreme Court is allowing a multibillion-dollar class action investors’ lawsuit to proceed against Facebook parent Meta, stemming from the privacy scandal involving the Cambridge Analytica political consulting firm. The justices heard arguments in November in Meta’s bid to shut down the lawsuit. On Friday, they decided that they were wrong to take up the […] The post Supreme Court Deals a Blow to Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta, Green Lights Multibil…

4 months ago

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Inquirer

Supreme Court grants protection writ, order to missing activists

MANILA, Philippines — The Supreme Court (SC) has issued writs of Amparo and habeas data in favor of missing activists Gene Roz Jamil “Bazoo” de Jesus and Dexter Capuyan, who were reportedly abducted by men who identified themselves as police on April 28 last year. The resolution dated September 9 also granted the Temporary Protection Order (TPO) to the families of De Jesus and Capuyan. The SC defines the writ of Amparo as “a remedy available to …

4 months ago·Manila, Philippines

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Sydney Morning Herald

‘Not good enough’: Meta probe flagged as fake Albanese makes Facebook comeback

Meta said it deleted scam ads featuring the PM and targeting Australians, but within days they were back. Now the government is taking a closer look.

4 months ago·Sydney, Australia

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Benzinga

Meta Faces Multibillion-Dollar Lawsuit As Supreme Court Dismisses Appeal In Cambridge Analytica Data Scandal - Alibaba Gr Hldgs (NYSE:BABA), Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:META)

Meta Platforms Inc. (NASDAQ:META) is set to face a multibillion-dollar lawsuit following the dismissal of its appeal by the U.S. Supreme Court over the Cambridge Analytica data scandal. What Happened: The Supreme Court, which heard arguments on Meta's appeal on Nov. 6, gave no explanation for the dismissal. It only stated that the case was being "dismissed as improvidently granted," reported Bloomberg. This dismissal increases the likelihood o…

4 months ago·New York, United States

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SFist

Supreme Court Denies Facebook’s Appeal to Halt Cambridge Analytica Lawsuit From Jilted Investors

A multi-billion lawsuit investors brought against Facebook for the Cambridge Analytica data breach can proceed, as the Supreme Court just shot down Facebook’s appeal in a one-sentence ruling. Even if you remember the whole Facebook-Cambridge Analytica scandal from the first Trump Administration, where data from those dumb “personality quizzes” that many people were stupid enough to take was harvested to get Republicans elected, it is easy to for…

4 months ago

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