December 21, 2022
The Ninth Circuit on Wednesday held that a lower court was correct to toss a proposed class action alleging that Facebook's text message reminders about friends' birthdays violated the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, ruling that the act doesn't cover the manner in which Facebook sent the texts.
April 28, 2017
A California federal judge ruled Thursday that Facebook could appeal his rejection of its motion to dismiss a putative class action alleging its text message reminders about friends' birthdays violate the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, over the opposition of both the proposed class and the government.
March 20, 2017
The consumers behind a proposed class action alleging Facebook's text message reminders about friends' birthdays violated the Telephone Consumer Protection Act urged a California judge not to certify for appeal his previous rejection of the social media giant's dismissal request, calling it nothing but a stall tactic.
February 21, 2017
Facebook asked a California federal judge Friday to certify for appeal his refusal to toss a putative class action claiming text message reminders about friends' birthdays violate the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, saying the technology used to send the messages and the constitutionality of the law itself are both ripe for appeal.
January 27, 2017
A California federal judge on Friday refused to nix a putative class action accusing Facebook of violating the Telephone Consumer Protection Act by sending unsolicited text message reminders about friends' birthdays, ruling that the plaintiff had plausibly alleged the use of an autodialer and that the statute passed constitutional muster.
September 12, 2016
A Facebook user accusing the social media giant of sending unsolicited text message alerts when friends have birthdays told a California federal court Friday that the company can't plausibly claim the texts weren't automated because sending them manually would take an "army."
April 26, 2016
Facebook Inc. asked a California federal judge on Monday to toss a putative class action accusing it of violating the Telephone Consumer Protection Act by sending unsolicited text messages alerting users' of their Facebook friends' birthdays, saying the messages are permissible.
February 12, 2016
Facebook Inc. was hit with a putative class action in California federal court Friday alleging the company is violating the Telephone Consumer Protection Act by sending unsolicited text messages to its users' phones to alert them of their Facebook friends' birthdays.