Facebook Settles Claims in Lawsuit Over ‘Sponsored Stories’
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Facebook Inc. settled a lawsuit “in principle” over claims that it used information supplied by users of the social networking website to advertise products without consent.
The judge in the case was notified of the accord yesterday and it was memorialized today, according to a filing in federal court in San Jose, California. Terms of the agreement weren’t disclosed in the filing.