US judge lets Facebook privacy class action proceed, calls company’s views ‘so wrong’

Chhabria rejected Facebook's arguments that users suffered no 'tangible' harm and had no legitimate privacy interest in information they shared with friends on social media. — Reuters

A US federal judge on Sept 9 ordered Facebook Inc 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 Judge Vince Chhabria in San Francisco said users could try to hold Facebook liable under various federal and state laws for letting app developers and business partners harvest their personal data without their consent on a "widespread" basis.