September 30, 2022
Meta Platforms Inc. on Friday agreed to abandon its remaining claims against a pair of companies it says illegally scraped user data, part of a deal in which the defendant companies have agreed to abide by a permanent injunction blocking them from harvesting data from Meta apps Facebook or Instagram without permission.
August 18, 2022
Meta Platforms asked a California federal judge to award $2.7 million in fees to its attorneys at WilmerHale, who won partial summary judgment in its suit accusing an ad firm of illegally scraping user data, and asked for a permanent injunction to stop further data scraping.
February 23, 2021
A California federal magistrate judge tossed multiple claims that Facebook unlawfully blocked an ad firm's data-scraping tool, but said most of the allegations can be refiled if gaps in the claims are fixed.
October 26, 2020
Israeli luxury advertising firm BrandTotal urged a California magistrate judge Monday to order Facebook to restore its access to user data while the social media giant's lawsuit over its purported data scraping plays out in court, arguing that without the order it would likely go out of business.