Facebook will have to deal with a class-action lawsuit that alleges that the company violated privacy laws by scanning the private messages of users for better advertising, according to a Tuesday… Read more »
An Austrian “class action” suit against the social network is proving very successful in picking up participants — so much so that the suit’s organizers will soon impose a cap so… Read more »
One of LinkedIn’s more annoying features — multiple requests to join its “professional network” — was slammed by a federal judge this week in a class action ruling. Read more »
Have you ever seen an ad on Facebook and wondered if your friend really does “Like” the product? A new lawsuit raises questions about those Like ads. Read more »
Here we go again: another class action lawsuit against a big tech company accused of over-stepping privacy boundaries. This one says Facebook scans private messages in search of ad opportunities. Read more »
Facebook has received plenty of resistance in its piece-by-piece effort to open up more user information for use in features and advertisements. Each time Facebook changes its policy, a predictable cycle… Read more »
Google’s new Terms of Use allow the company to scrape and sell user information from YouTube, reviews and other Google products in order to offer “endorsements” of products. Read more »
U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh has abruptly recused herself from a high-profile case in which Facebook had recently proposed to pay at least $10 million to settle accusations that it violated… Read more »