Facebook Wins Freeze on Disclosures in D.C. Privacy Lawsuit
- D.C. attorney general says social network mishandles user data
- Facebook seeks dismissal of Racine’s consumer-protection suit
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Facebook Inc. doesn’t need to respond to District of Columbia Attorney General Karl Racine’s demands for data about the social media giant’s user privacy-protection policies while awaiting a Washington court ruling on whether his consumer-protection case can go forward.
Racine sued Facebook in December, claiming it failed to protect consumer data after it was revealed that Cambridge Analytica -- a political consulting firm hired by President Donald Trump’s campaign -- gained access to personal information of about 70 million U.S. citizens without their consent. Racine sued on behalf of the 340,000 district residents he says were harmed by Facebook’s actions.