September 22, 2025
A California federal judge Monday trimmed a proposed consumer class action against Meta Platforms Inc. over Chinese vendors' scam ads on Facebook and Instagram that was recently revived by the Ninth Circuit, tossing for good a negligent failure-to-warn claim, but keeping intact the consumers' remaining contact claims.
April 28, 2022
Meta beat a putative class action from Facebook users seeking to hold the company liable for money lost to third-party scam ads on the social media platform, as a California federal judge held Wednesday that the suit didn't establish that the company "materially contributed" to the questionable content.