The social media behemoth was sued following the Cambridge Analytica Scandal, in which user information was accessed to create targeted advertisements during the 2016 election.
Facebook must face an invasion of privacy class action after a California federal judge on Monday largely denied its motion to dismiss the complaint.
"Facebook’s view is that once you make information available to your friends on social media, you completely relinquish any privacy interest in that information," Chhabria writes. "The problem with Facebook’s argument is that it treats privacy as an all-or-nothing proposition – either you retain a full privacy interest by not sharing information with anyone, or you have no privacy interest whatsoever by virtue of sharing it even in a limited fashion.
Chhabria has a tougher time with the company's consent argument, which he summarizes as "Facebook users consented, in fine print, to the wide dissemination of their sensitive information."
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