Mealey's (November 13, 2020, 11:24 AM EST) -- SAN FRANCISCO — Although a California federal judge found that an online advertising analytics firm “has shown a risk of irreparable harm” to its business after it was blocked from accessing Facebook Inc.’s platforms, he concluded, in a ruling that was unsealed Nov. 9, that the public interest was best served by denying the company’s motion for a temporary restraining order (TRO) to halt the social network operator’s blocking actions in light of privacy concerns from the harvesting of user information (Facebook Inc. v. BrandTotal Ltd., et al., No. 20-7182, N.D. Calif., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 210431)....