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By Andrew Chung

Mar 23 2021 11:10AM

Case centres on use of plug-ins.

US Supreme Court rebuffs Facebook appeal in user tracking lawsuit

The US Supreme Court turned away Facebook's bid to pare back a US$15 billion (A$19.3 billion) class action lawsuit accusing the company of illegally tracking the activities of internet users even when they are logged out of the social media platform. The justices declined to hear Facebook...

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