Facebook Says Harvesting Links From User Messages Is Legal

By Beth Winegarner (October 1, 2014, 8:11 PM EDT) -- Facebook Inc. urged a California federal judge on Wednesday to toss a proposed class action accusing the social media titan of violating the Wiretap Act by monetizing website links intercepted from users' private messages, arguing that the practice is legal because it's part of Facebook's ordinary course of business....

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