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Williams et al v. Facebook, Inc.
Case Number:
3:18-cv-01881
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Multi Party Litigation:
Class Action
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Firms
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October 20, 2022
Facebook Judge Gives Tepid OK To 'Empty' Data Scrape Deal
A California federal judge Thursday approved Meta's nonmonetary settlement with Android users alleging Facebook surreptitiously scraped their data for advertisement purposes, but reiterated his prior comments that the deal is "empty" and he's approving it — and class counsel's $1.08 million fee award — "with no great enthusiasm."
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July 14, 2022
Facebook Judge Rips 'Empty' Data Scrape Deal In Approving It
A California federal judge said Thursday he'll preliminarily approve Meta's non-monetary settlement to end a proposed class action accusing Facebook of surreptitiously scraping Android users' call and text logs to sell to advertisers, but he criticized it as being "pretty empty" and repeatedly questioned its value, asking "Where's the meat?"
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May 17, 2021
Facebook Dodges Android Users' Data Scraping Suit, Again
A California federal judge tossed a proposed class action accusing Facebook of surreptitiously scraping Android users' call and text logs and then selling that data to advertisers, ruling that the Facebook users' third amended complaint still doesn't prove Facebook's scraping of metadata was unlawful.
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August 29, 2019
Facebook Must Face Trimmed Messenger Data Scraping Suit
A California federal court on Thursday kept alive a proposed class action claiming Facebook scooped up Android users' call and text logs without permission and then sold the data to advertisers, but the judge warned that the users don't have a "guaranteed path to victory."
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May 23, 2019
Facebook Seeks To Shut Down Messenger Data Scraping Suit
Facebook urged a California federal judge Thursday to dismiss a putative class action alleging its Messenger app scraped Android users' call and text logs without permission and that the company then sold that data to advertisers, arguing the users presented "boilerplate assertions" and failed to show any injury.