Facebook Denied Certiorari In Wiretap Act Dispute Over Internet Use Tracking

Mealey's (March 22, 2021, 10:39 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — Facebook Inc.’s question about interception of electronic messages under the Wiretap Act will go unanswered by the U.S. Supreme Court, which denied the social network’s petition for certiorari on March 22, letting stand a ruling by the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals that revived privacy and intrusion claims over Facebook’s use of cookies to track users’ internet activity....