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Deep Dive (March 25): Supreme Court Rejects Facebook’s Appeal Over $15 Billion Lawsuit
NTD ^ | March 25, 2021 | Tiffany Meier

Posted on 03/25/2021 9:59:34 PM PDT by Yong

The heads of social media giants Facebook, Twitter, and Google faced off against lawmakers on Capitol Hill. They’re testifying in a hearing on disinformation on their platforms. And Facebook is facing a $15 billion class-action lawsuit alleging the firm illegally tracked the online activities of its users when they aren’t on the platform. That’s in violation of the federal Wiretap Act. While Facebook appealed to the Supreme Court, the firm was rejected. That means the lawsuit will move forward.


TOPICS: News/Current Events
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1 posted on 03/25/2021 9:59:35 PM PDT by Yong
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To: Yong

They definitely did this, I’ve seen all sorts of FB cookies where FB was never used.


2 posted on 03/25/2021 10:09:25 PM PDT by thoughtomator
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To: thoughtomator

GOOD


3 posted on 03/25/2021 10:23:49 PM PDT by japaneseghost
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To: Yong

Awesome make them go broke. Sorry, no time to stand up for people that were happy to censor and abuse our side when they had the power.


4 posted on 03/25/2021 10:51:55 PM PDT by Dragonspirit (CNN is the enemy. Ashli Babbitt is the hero.)
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To: Yong

As long as there are dingbats in this world, Facebook will not go out of business, unfortunately!


5 posted on 03/25/2021 11:59:03 PM PDT by Herakles (Diversity is applied Marxism!)
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To: Herakles

As long as there are dingbats in this world, Facebook will not go out of business, unfortunately!
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As much as I hate Facebook and I’m perpetually in Facebook jail, what are the alternatives?

Twitter we can do without for sure.

But for communications? Facebook, Facebook Messager, and WhatsApp have a good monopoly, and their stuff “just works” for the masses.

No one wants to fall back to pre-Internet times for communications or even to email.


6 posted on 03/26/2021 12:05:56 AM PDT by Starcitizen (So Indian H1B crybaby trash runs Free Republic moderation??? Seems so. )
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To: Starcitizen

Email works. So do boards.


7 posted on 03/26/2021 12:54:15 AM PDT by Chickensoup (Voter ID for 2020!! Leftists totalitarian fascists appear to be planning to eradicate conservatives)
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To: Starcitizen

I’m in FB jail for 3 days because I said that Biden’s press conference was a sham! Can you believe it?


8 posted on 03/26/2021 1:18:58 AM PDT by StayoutdaBushesWay (Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding)
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To: Yong

bookmark


9 posted on 03/26/2021 2:04:03 AM PDT by GOP Poet (Super cool you can change your tag line EVERYTIME you post!! :D. (Small things make me happy))
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To: Yong

Would be a most wonderful event were facebook to lose 15 billion for being a biased disgrace.


10 posted on 03/26/2021 3:28:54 AM PDT by Joe Boucher (Molon Labe')
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To: Yong
The sad part of this is that the lawyers will get Rich off of this and the plaintiff's will get next to nothing
11 posted on 03/26/2021 4:44:39 AM PDT by dearolddad
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This is all Kabuki Theater. They're simply negotiating the amount that Facebook will support Uniparty candidates.

"This is a nice social media site you have here. It would be a shame if something happened to it."

12 posted on 03/26/2021 4:51:05 AM PDT by T.B. Yoits
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To: dearolddad

I hope they up it to $150B.
Make the little rat zuker go broke!


13 posted on 03/26/2021 5:02:02 AM PDT by Deo et patriae (Make America Great again! rantings.)
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To: Yong; rustyweiss74; gaggs; ANDmagazine.com; hassan.mahmoud; WTanner1776; Steve1999; Rakhi Sarkar; ..

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14 posted on 03/26/2021 5:49:10 AM PDT by Larry Lucido (Donate! Don't just post clickbait!)
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To: Chickensoup

Email works. So do boards.
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Email is for official business. No one actually uses it for instant messaging.

Boards? What is this? Compuserve or prodigy or America Online? This is 2020. No one will use them.


15 posted on 03/26/2021 11:00:41 AM PDT by Starcitizen (So Indian H1B crybaby trash runs Free Republic moderation??? Seems so. )
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To: Starcitizen

what the hell do you think this is?


16 posted on 03/26/2021 11:46:52 AM PDT by Chickensoup (Voter ID for 2020!! Leftists totalitarian fascists appear to be planning to eradicate conservatives)
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To: Chickensoup

what the hell do you think this is?
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So you want me to invite all my non-American friends here? There is life beyond Free Republic

Where is picture and media sharing? Where is instant messaging?

Don’t think the regular Singaporeans, Filipinos, Dutch, Arab, Indonesians or Germans give a rats-ass about US politics, Trump, Biden, the 2A and so on. Nor should they.


17 posted on 03/26/2021 12:05:33 PM PDT by Starcitizen (So Indian H1B crybaby trash runs Free Republic moderation??? Seems so. )
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