March 04, 2022
A D.C. federal judge has refused to overturn his ruling that Facebook doesn't have to grant the Gambia access to deleted private communications of Myanmarese officials who allegedly sought to enable genocide against their country's persecuted Rohingya Muslim minority, finding the argument that those who posted the content aren't covered by U.S. law to be "unpersuasive."
January 12, 2022
Facebook has pushed back against Gambia's renewed efforts to obtain deleted private Facebook messages in which Myanmar officials allegedly sought to enable genocide against the country's persecuted Rohingya Muslim minority, saying nothing in the record justifies a subpoena for "hundreds of removed private accounts."
December 06, 2021
A D.C. federal judge has thrown out a magistrate judge's order directing Facebook to grant Gambia access to deleted private communications of Myanmar officials who allegedly sought to enable genocide against the country's persecuted Rohingya Muslim minority, finding that U.S. law prohibits this disclosure.
November 05, 2021
Gambia's request for the private Facebook communications of Myanmar officials does not grapple with the privacy, national security and human rights implications of such a bid, the social media giant said in a D.C. federal court filing Thursday.
October 28, 2021
Gambia has torn into Facebook's objections to a magistrate judge's order that it turn over Myanmar officials' private communications in its suit seeking data on the country's alleged online incitement of genocide against the country's persecuted Rohingya Muslim minority, claiming the platform is attempting to hide behind misinterpretations of federal law to "bury evidence of genocidal intent."
October 14, 2021
Facebook urged a D.C. federal judge to reconsider part of its "sweeping and unprecedented" order that would grant Gambia access to users' private communications on its platform, citing "severe unintended consequences" of doing so.
September 23, 2021
A D.C. magistrate judge has ordered Facebook to grant Gambia access to deleted posts by Myanmar officials who allegedly sought to enable genocide against the country's persecuted Rohingya minority, finding Facebook's concerns for user privacy to be unfounded and "rich with irony."
August 31, 2020
Facebook has urged a D.C. federal court to deny Gambia's bid to force the company to turn over deleted posts by Myanmar officials who allegedly sought to enable genocide against the country's persecuted Rohingya minority, saying the bid would set a "dangerous precedent."
August 19, 2020
Gambia is urging a D.C. federal court to grant its bid for access to deleted Facebook posts by Myanmar government officials who allegedly sought to enable genocide against the Rohingya, the country's Muslim minority, saying U.S. privacy law doesn't protect them.
August 06, 2020
Facebook is asking a D.C. federal court to reject The Gambia's bid for access to deleted posts and pages by Myanmar government officials who allegedly sought to enable genocide against the Rohingya, the country's Muslim minority, saying that the request asks it to violate federal privacy law.