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Facebook, Nvidia Ask US Supreme Court to Spare Them from Securities Fraud Suits
- Monday November 4, 2024
- Reuters
Social media platform Facebook and Artificial Intelligence chipmaker Nvidia appealed to the Supreme Court after the San Francisco-based 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals allowed separate class action securities fraud lawsuits to proceed against them.
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Meta, OpenAI Sued by Comedian Over Alleged Copyright Infringement
- Monday July 10, 2023
- Reuters
Comedian Sarah Silverman and two authors have filed copyright infringement lawsuits against Meta Platforms and OpenAI for allegedly using their content without permission to train artificial intelligence language models. The proposed class action lawsuits were filed by Silverman, Richard Kadrey and Christopher Golden in San Francisco federal court...
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ChatGPT Creator OpenAI and Meta Face Lawsuits From Sarah Silverman, Authors Over Alleged Copyright Infringement
- Monday July 10, 2023
- Reuters
Comedian Sarah Silverman and two authors have filed copyright infringement lawsuits against Meta Platforms and OpenAI for allegedly using their content without permission to train artificial intelligence language models. The proposed class action lawsuits filed by Silverman, Richard Kadrey and Christopher Golden in San Francisco federal court Frida...
- www.gadgets360.com
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Meta Investors Appeal to Revive Cambridge Analytica Fraud Case
- Friday February 10, 2023
- Reuters
Meta Platforms investors formally asked a US appeals court to revive a proposed class action accusing the Facebook parent of concealing a serious privacy breach that let a political consulting firm harvest users' personal information. The request came during oral arguments on Wednesday before the 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco ...
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Meta to Pay $725 Million to Settle Cambridge Analytica Lawsuit: Report
- Saturday December 24, 2022
- ANI
Facebook's parent company Meta has agreed to pay $725 million (nearly Rs. 5,990 crore) to settle a class action lawsuit that accused the company of sharing users' personal data with Cambridge Analytica, The Verge reported. The lawsuit was filed in 2018.
- www.gadgets360.com
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Meta Faces Lawsuit Over Skirting Apple's Privacy Rules to Violate User Privacy: All Details
- Thursday September 22, 2022
- Robert Burnson, Bloomberg
Meta has been sued in a proposed class action lawsuit that claims the company built a secret workaround to skirt privacy protections put in place by Apple to snoop on users on its apps. The lawsuit’s claims are based on a report by data privacy researcher Felix Krause, that said Meta’s Facebook and Instagram apps for Apple’s iOS inject JavaSc...
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Facebook Paying More Than A Million Illinois Users Over Rs 30,000 Each In Privacy Lawsuit Settlement
- Thursday May 19, 2022
- World News | Edited by Amit Chaturvedi
Facebook faced global criticism for the facial recognition technology. In the settlement reached last year, the company announced discontinuing it.
- www.ndtv.com
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Facebook Faces GBP 2.3-Billion UK Class Action Over Market Dominance
- Friday January 14, 2022
- Reuters
Facebook, now known as Meta Platforms, faces a GBP 2.3 billion (roughly Rs. 23,420 crore)-plus class action in Britain over allegations it abused its market dominance by exploiting the personal data of 44 million users.
- www.gadgets360.com
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Donald Trump Sues Facebook, Twitter, Google, Alleging They Silence Conservative Opinions
- Thursday July 8, 2021
- Reuters
Donald Trump filed lawsuits against Twitter, Facebook, and Google, as well as their chief executives, alleging they unlawfully silence conservative viewpoints.
- www.gadgets360.com
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Facebook Fails in Bid to Derail $15-Billion Privacy Suit Over Illegal User Tracking
- Tuesday March 23, 2021
- Agence France-Presse
The US Supreme Court declined to consider an appeal by Facebook that would have derailed a $15-billion (roughly Rs. 1,08,590 crore) lawsuit over whether it illegally tracked users about a decade ago.
- www.gadgets360.com
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Facebook Faces New UK Class Action After Data Harvesting Scandal
- Wednesday February 10, 2021
- Reuters
A second London High Court class action has been filed against Facebook over a data harvesting scandal. The social media giant was fined in Britain in 2018 over how third-party app ‘This Is Your Digital Life’ gathered Facebook users' data without consent between 2013 and 2015.
- www.gadgets360.com
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Facebook to Pay $52 Million Settlement for Trauma to Content Reviewers
- Wednesday May 13, 2020
- Agence France-Presse
Facebook has agreed to a $52 million court settlement to compensate content moderators who suffered mental trauma from the graphic and violent images they were required to review, plaintiff lawyers said Tuesday.
- www.gadgets360.com
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Facebook Must Face Renewed Privacy Lawsuit Over User Tracking: US Appeals Court
- Friday April 10, 2020
- Reuters
A federal appeals court on Thursday revived US nationwide litigation accusing Facebook of violating users' privacy rights by tracking their internet activity even after they logged out of the social media website.
- www.gadgets360.com
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Facebook's Facial Recognition Lawsuit Settlement Puts Spotlight on 'Biometric Privacy'
- Monday February 3, 2020
- Agence France-Presse
Facebook's massive settlement in a class action case over violating a state law on how it uses facial recognition is being hailed as a watershed moment for "biometric privacy."
- www.gadgets360.com
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Facebook Ad Targeting Accused of Abetting Bias in Lawsuit in the US
- Friday November 1, 2019
- Reuters
Facebook was sued on Thursday in a proposed class action accusing it of discriminating against older and female users by withholding advertising for financial services such as bank accounts, insurance, investments and loans.
- www.gadgets360.com
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Facebook, Nvidia Ask US Supreme Court to Spare Them from Securities Fraud Suits
- Monday November 4, 2024
- Reuters
Social media platform Facebook and Artificial Intelligence chipmaker Nvidia appealed to the Supreme Court after the San Francisco-based 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals allowed separate class action securities fraud lawsuits to proceed against them.
- www.gadgets360.com
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Meta, OpenAI Sued by Comedian Over Alleged Copyright Infringement
- Monday July 10, 2023
- Reuters
Comedian Sarah Silverman and two authors have filed copyright infringement lawsuits against Meta Platforms and OpenAI for allegedly using their content without permission to train artificial intelligence language models. The proposed class action lawsuits were filed by Silverman, Richard Kadrey and Christopher Golden in San Francisco federal court...
- www.gadgets360.com
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ChatGPT Creator OpenAI and Meta Face Lawsuits From Sarah Silverman, Authors Over Alleged Copyright Infringement
- Monday July 10, 2023
- Reuters
Comedian Sarah Silverman and two authors have filed copyright infringement lawsuits against Meta Platforms and OpenAI for allegedly using their content without permission to train artificial intelligence language models. The proposed class action lawsuits filed by Silverman, Richard Kadrey and Christopher Golden in San Francisco federal court Frida...
- www.gadgets360.com
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Meta Investors Appeal to Revive Cambridge Analytica Fraud Case
- Friday February 10, 2023
- Reuters
Meta Platforms investors formally asked a US appeals court to revive a proposed class action accusing the Facebook parent of concealing a serious privacy breach that let a political consulting firm harvest users' personal information. The request came during oral arguments on Wednesday before the 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco ...
- www.gadgets360.com
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Meta to Pay $725 Million to Settle Cambridge Analytica Lawsuit: Report
- Saturday December 24, 2022
- ANI
Facebook's parent company Meta has agreed to pay $725 million (nearly Rs. 5,990 crore) to settle a class action lawsuit that accused the company of sharing users' personal data with Cambridge Analytica, The Verge reported. The lawsuit was filed in 2018.
- www.gadgets360.com
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Meta Faces Lawsuit Over Skirting Apple's Privacy Rules to Violate User Privacy: All Details
- Thursday September 22, 2022
- Robert Burnson, Bloomberg
Meta has been sued in a proposed class action lawsuit that claims the company built a secret workaround to skirt privacy protections put in place by Apple to snoop on users on its apps. The lawsuit’s claims are based on a report by data privacy researcher Felix Krause, that said Meta’s Facebook and Instagram apps for Apple’s iOS inject JavaSc...
- www.gadgets360.com
-
Facebook Paying More Than A Million Illinois Users Over Rs 30,000 Each In Privacy Lawsuit Settlement
- Thursday May 19, 2022
- World News | Edited by Amit Chaturvedi
Facebook faced global criticism for the facial recognition technology. In the settlement reached last year, the company announced discontinuing it.
- www.ndtv.com
-
Facebook Faces GBP 2.3-Billion UK Class Action Over Market Dominance
- Friday January 14, 2022
- Reuters
Facebook, now known as Meta Platforms, faces a GBP 2.3 billion (roughly Rs. 23,420 crore)-plus class action in Britain over allegations it abused its market dominance by exploiting the personal data of 44 million users.
- www.gadgets360.com
-
Donald Trump Sues Facebook, Twitter, Google, Alleging They Silence Conservative Opinions
- Thursday July 8, 2021
- Reuters
Donald Trump filed lawsuits against Twitter, Facebook, and Google, as well as their chief executives, alleging they unlawfully silence conservative viewpoints.
- www.gadgets360.com
-
Facebook Fails in Bid to Derail $15-Billion Privacy Suit Over Illegal User Tracking
- Tuesday March 23, 2021
- Agence France-Presse
The US Supreme Court declined to consider an appeal by Facebook that would have derailed a $15-billion (roughly Rs. 1,08,590 crore) lawsuit over whether it illegally tracked users about a decade ago.
- www.gadgets360.com
-
Facebook Faces New UK Class Action After Data Harvesting Scandal
- Wednesday February 10, 2021
- Reuters
A second London High Court class action has been filed against Facebook over a data harvesting scandal. The social media giant was fined in Britain in 2018 over how third-party app ‘This Is Your Digital Life’ gathered Facebook users' data without consent between 2013 and 2015.
- www.gadgets360.com
-
Facebook to Pay $52 Million Settlement for Trauma to Content Reviewers
- Wednesday May 13, 2020
- Agence France-Presse
Facebook has agreed to a $52 million court settlement to compensate content moderators who suffered mental trauma from the graphic and violent images they were required to review, plaintiff lawyers said Tuesday.
- www.gadgets360.com
-
Facebook Must Face Renewed Privacy Lawsuit Over User Tracking: US Appeals Court
- Friday April 10, 2020
- Reuters
A federal appeals court on Thursday revived US nationwide litigation accusing Facebook of violating users' privacy rights by tracking their internet activity even after they logged out of the social media website.
- www.gadgets360.com
-
Facebook's Facial Recognition Lawsuit Settlement Puts Spotlight on 'Biometric Privacy'
- Monday February 3, 2020
- Agence France-Presse
Facebook's massive settlement in a class action case over violating a state law on how it uses facial recognition is being hailed as a watershed moment for "biometric privacy."
- www.gadgets360.com
-
Facebook Ad Targeting Accused of Abetting Bias in Lawsuit in the US
- Friday November 1, 2019
- Reuters
Facebook was sued on Thursday in a proposed class action accusing it of discriminating against older and female users by withholding advertising for financial services such as bank accounts, insurance, investments and loans.
- www.gadgets360.com