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Judge Sanctions Facebook, Lawyers for Bad-Faith Discovery Fight

A federal judge in San Francisco ordered Facebook Inc. to pay $925,078.51 in sanctions for the “egregious conduct” of its attorneys while defending against a class-action consumer privacy lawsuit filed in the wake of the Cambridge Analytica scandal. “This case …

Facebook Job Ads Illegally Discriminate, Female Truckers Say

Meta Platforms Inc. “routinely discriminates” in steering job ads to specific age and gender groups on its Facebook platform, a women’s truckers organization alleged in a civil rights complaint. “Facebook’s algorithm regularly acts like recruiters in the 1960s (and even …

Meta Reaches $37.5M Settlement of Facebook Location Tracking Lawsuit

Meta Platforms Inc. reached a $37.5 million settlement of a lawsuit accusing the parent of Facebook of violating users’ privacy by tracking their movements through their smartphones without permission. A preliminary settlement of the proposed class action was filed on …

Meta Settles Lawsuit over Discrimination in Housing Advertising Tool

NEW YORK, June 21 (Reuters) – The United States and Facebook owner Meta Platforms Inc. have settled a lawsuit over a housing advertising system that illegally discriminated against users based on race and other characteristics, the Department of Justice said …

DC Sues Zuckerberg Over Cambridge Analytica Privacy Breach

WASHINGTON (AP) — The District of Columbia on Monday sued Meta chief Mark Zuckerberg, seeking to hold him personally liable for the Cambridge Analytica scandal, a privacy breach of millions of Facebook users’ personal data that became a major corporate …

Apple and Meta Gave User Data to Hackers Who Used Forged Legal Requests

Apple Inc. and Meta Platforms Inc., the parent company of Facebook, provided customer data to hackers who masqueraded as law enforcement officials, according to three people with knowledge of the matter. Apple and Meta provided basic subscriber details, such as …

Meta’s Facebook to Pay $90 Million to Settle Privacy Lawsuit Over User Tracking

Facebook agreed to pay $90 million to settle a decade-old privacy lawsuit accusing it of tracking users’ internet activity even after they logged out of the social media website. A proposed preliminary settlement was filed on Monday night with the …

Mother Sues Meta, Snap Over Social Media ‘Addicted’ Daughter’s Suicide

Meta Platforms Inc. and Snap Inc. are to blame for the suicide of an 11-year-old girl who was addicted to Instagram and Snapchat, the girl’s mother alleged in a lawsuit. The woman claims her daughter Selena Rodriguez struggled for two …

Viewpoint: Keeping the Human Element in AI Claims Management

Without a doubt, artificial intelligence (AI) is a valuable driver of innovation in today’s insurance industry. Unfortunately, the predominant attitude toward AI in our culture still hangs on a suspicion that people will lose their livelihoods as their jobs are …

Iran-Backed Hackers Accused of Targeting Critical US Sectors

WASHINGTON (AP) — Hackers linked to the Iranian government have been targeting a “broad range of victims” inside the United States, including by deploying ransomware, according to an advisory issued Wednesday by American, British and Australian officials. The advisory says …