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By Jonathan Stempel

Sep 10 2019 12:40PM

Calls company's views on privacy "so wrong."

US judge lets Facebook privacy class action proceed

A US judge has ordered Facebook to face most of a nationwide lawsuit seeking damages for letting third parties such as Cambridge Analytica access users' private data, calling the social media company's views on privacy "so wrong." While dismissing some claims, US District ...

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