Facebook User Data Sought by Manhattan D.A. in Fraud Probe
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Facebook Inc. was ordered by a judge last year to turn over account information of 381 users who were investigated by the Manhattan District Attorney for cheating to obtain disability benefits.
Facebook, the world’s most popular social-networking site, this month asked a New York appellate court to overrule the judge, who had ordered the company to produce the information issuing the largest set of search warrants the company said it had ever received.