Unwanted Facebook Messages Don’t Justify Anti-Robocall Class-Action Lawsuit, Supreme Court Rules

Unwanted Facebook Messages Don’t Justify Anti-Robocall Class-Action Lawsuit, Supreme Court Rules
A 3D-printed Facebook logo is seen placed on a keyboard on March 25, 2020. Dado Ruvic/Reuters
Matthew Vadum
Updated:

A proposed class-action lawsuit accusing Facebook of violating a federal anti-robocall law may not go forward because the social media company’s unwanted text messages aren’t covered under federal law, the Supreme Court ruled April 1.

Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote the unanimous decision for the high court in Facebook Inc. v. Duguid, court file 19-511. Justice Samuel Alito filed a separate opinion concurring in the judgment.