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Facebook data misuse lawsuits

Lawsuits over Facebook's data misuse, focusing on activity between May 24, 2007, and December 22, 2022

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Jan 17, 2026
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Rachel Maddie need on Facebook fake or real

A viral Facebook post saying “Rachel Maddow needs” (or similar pleas attributed to Rachel Maddow) is almost certainly fake: MSNBC and the Rachel Maddow team warn that AI-generated posts and phony Face...

Jan 20, 2026

What legal cases have involved challengers of medical misinformation on social media?

The most visible litigation touching on health harms from social media is the sprawling multidistrict litigation (MDL) alleging that platforms caused adolescent addiction and mental-health injuries; a...

Jan 20, 2026

When you delete off Facebook activity does that remove your UID from the data?

Deleting activity or an account on Facebook does not guarantee the immediate removal of the UID (the platform’s internal identifier) from all systems; Meta keeps copies and log data for a retention wi...

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