A new lawsuit accuses Mark Zuckerberg and other Meta Platforms Inc executives and directors of failing to do enough to stop sex trafficking and child sexual exploitation on Facebook and Instagram.
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Ohio Pension Fund Will Lead the Case Against Facebook
The state of Ohio’s largest public pension system will lead a class action lawsuit against Facebook. On Wednesday, a judge in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California named Ohio as the lead plaintiff in the investors’ case, which seeks to recoup millions of dollars in losses and compel CEO Mark… Continue reading Ohio Pension Fund Will Lead the Case Against Facebook
Texas Sues Meta Over Facebook’s Facial-Recognition Practices
The Texas attorney general filed a suit against Facebook parent Meta Platforms Inc. on Monday, charging that the social-media giant’s longstanding and now discontinued use of facial-recognition technology violated that state’s privacy protections for personal biometric data. The lawsuit, filed in state district court in Marshall by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, seeks civil penalties… Continue reading Texas Sues Meta Over Facebook’s Facial-Recognition Practices
48 AGs, FTC Sue Facebook, Alleging Illegal Power Grabs to ‘Neutralize’ Rivals
The Federal Trade Commission and 48 attorneys general across the nation filed much-anticipated lawsuits against Facebook on Wednesday, accusing the social media giant of gobbling up competitive threats in a way that has entrenched its popular apps so deeply into the lives of billions of people that rivals can no longer put up a fight.… Continue reading 48 AGs, FTC Sue Facebook, Alleging Illegal Power Grabs to ‘Neutralize’ Rivals
Facebook Pays $550M to Settle Facial Recognition Privacy Lawsuit
Facebook will create a cash fund of $550 million for its Illinois users who filed a lawsuit over its privacy practices, law firm Edelson PC said on Wednesday. The settlement came after Facebook was sued for collecting facial recognition data to use in tagging photos, which allegedly violated the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act. Tagging… Continue reading Facebook Pays $550M to Settle Facial Recognition Privacy Lawsuit
California Probing Facebook’s Privacy Practices
California is investigating Facebook Inc.’s privacy practices, the state’s attorney general revealed Wednesday in a lawsuit that accuses the Silicon Valley tech giant of failing to adequately comply with information requests. Attorney General Xavier Becerra said he has asked the San Francisco Superior Court to force Facebook to comply with investigators’ subpoenas, the latest of… Continue reading California Probing Facebook’s Privacy Practices