July 24, 2017
A California federal judge refused Monday to revive a putative class action against Facebook Inc. from a man alleging he was bombarded with unwanted security notification text messages, saying a Ninth Circuit reversal in a different case didn't trigger a review of his earlier dismissal.
February 16, 2017
A California federal judge on Thursday tossed a proposed Telephone Consumer Protection Act class action against Facebook Inc. from a man alleging he was bombarded with unwanted security notification text messages from the social media giant, saying the man hadn't shown the alerts were unlawfully autodialed.
February 06, 2017
Facebook on Friday brushed off a consumer's contention that a California judge's recent decision not to nix a suit over unsolicited and autodialed text message reminders about friends' birthdays helps his own case alleging he was bombarded with unauthorized warning messages despite not having an account.
October 05, 2016
A non-Facebook user urged a California federal judge on Wednesday to keep alive his proposed class action alleging the social media giant violated the Telephone Consumer Protection Act by bombarding him with unauthorized text message alerts, saying the high court's Spokeo decision establishes that the unwanted messages injured him.
August 05, 2016
Facebook on Thursday backed up its effort to dismiss a man's proposed class action accusing the social media giant of violating the Telephone Consumer Protection Act by bombarding him with unauthorized text message alerts, saying the numbers weren't generated randomly and no concrete harm was suffered.
June 28, 2016
The man accusing Facebook of violating the Telephone Consumer Protection Act by allegedly bombarding him with unauthorized text message alerts told a California federal judge on Monday that he suffered real harm and that Facebook's system constitutes an autodialer, despite the company's arguments that the proposed class action should be nixed.
May 27, 2016
The man leading a proposed class action claiming Facebook violated the Telephone Consumer Protection Act by sending unauthorized text message warnings still hasn't proven they were generated automatically, which got his complaint nixed the first time around, the social media giant told a California federal judge Thursday.
March 25, 2016
A California judge Thursday dismissed a proposed $5 million-plus class action alleging Facebook violates the Telephone Consumer Protection Act by sending unwanted automatic text messages about possible account hacks, calling a claim that the company sends the messages using an autodialer a "conclusory allegation."
August 03, 2015
Facebook Inc. on Friday told a California federal judge that a proposed class action alleging the social media giant violates the Telephone Consumer Protection Act by sending unwanted automated text messages warning about possible account hacks should be dismissed because they're emergency notifications.
June 29, 2015
Text messages from Facebook Inc. aren't protected by a Telephone Consumer Protection Act exception for emergency messages, the lead plaintiff in a proposed class action against the company told a California federal court on Friday.