Judge Dismisses Suit Accusing Facebook Of Publicizing Messenger Contents

Mealey's (July 25, 2019, 8:23 AM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — A federal judge in California on July 23 dismissed a lawsuit brought by two couples accusing Facebook Inc. of violating the Federal Trade Commission Act (FTC Act), public disclosure and breach of contract, finding that the plaintiffs failed to sufficiently allege those causes of action because they did not describe the contents of the messages that were made public and how Facebook’s alleged breach of the user agreement resulted in damages (Ibrahim Hassan, et al. v. Facebook Inc., No. 19-cv-01003-JST, N.D. Calif., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 122803)....