Facebook Denies Liability in Supreme Court Harvested Voter Data Case

The social media giant argues that omitting a major user data breach from a government filing does not make it liable in a class-action lawsuit.

A smartphone and a computer screen display the logos of the social network Facebook and its parent company, Meta, on Jan. 12, 2023. Lionel Bonaventure/AFP via Getty Images

Facebook told the Supreme Court on Aug. 9 that it did not violate U.S. securities regulations when it failed to publicly disclose that now-defunct political consulting firm Cambridge Analytica had misused Facebook user data.

The statement offers a preview of Facebook’s arguments in Facebook Inc. v. Amalgamated Bank, which the nation’s highest court is scheduled to hear on Nov. 6.