Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg expected to testify in $8 billion Facebook privacy lawsuit
Shareholders say Facebook officials repeatedly and continually violated a 2012 consent order with the Federal Trade Commission under which Facebook agreed to stop collecting and sharing personal data on platform users and friends without their consent. The fallout led to Facebook agreeing to pay a $5.1 billion penalty to settle FTC charges. The social media giant also reached a $725 million privacy settlement with users. Now shareholders want Zuckerberg and others to reimburse Meta for the FTC fine and other legal costs, which the plaintiffs estimate total more than $8 billion.
The case will feature testimony from Zuckerberg and former Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg. Others expected to appear on the stand include board member Marc Andreessen and former board member Peter Thiel.
Hashtags
Try Our AI Features
Explore what Daily8 AI can do for you:
Comments
No comments yet...
Related Articles
Arab News
2 hours ago
- Arab News
US designates Pakistani group's offshoot as ‘terrorist' over Kashmir attack
WASHINGTON: The US government designated The Resistance Front, considered an offshoot of the Pakistani extremist group Lashkar-e-Taiba, as a 'foreign terrorist organization' over the April 22 militant attack in India-administered Kashmir that killed 26 people, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Thursday. The Resistance Front, also known as Kashmir Resistance, initially took responsibility for the attack in Pahalgam before denying it days later. Lashkar-e-Taiba, listed as a 'foreign terrorist organization' by the United States, is a group accused of plotting attacks in India and in the West, including the three-day deadly assault on Mumbai in November 2008. TRF's designation by Washington as a 'foreign terrorist organization' and 'specially designated global terrorist' enforced President Donald Trump's 'call for justice for the Pahalgam attack,' Rubio said in a statement. Rubio called TRF, which emerged in 2019, a 'front and proxy' for Lashkar-e-Taiba. It is considered an offshoot of Lashkar-e-Taiba, according to the South Asia Terrorism Portal, a Delhi-based think tank. The attack sparked heavy fighting between nuclear-armed Asian neighbors India and Pakistan in the latest escalation of a decades-old rivalry. New Delhi blamed the attack on Pakistan, which denied responsibility while calling for a neutral investigation. Washington condemned the attack but did not directly blame Islamabad. Michael Kugelman, a Washington-based South Asia analyst and writer for Foreign Policy magazine, said in designating TRF, 'Washington is flagging its concern about the terrorist attack that provoked the recent India-Pakistan conflict, and siding with New Delhi's view that the group is linked to Lashkar-e-Taiba.' He added: 'This can be a shot in the arm for a US-India relationship looking to rebound after a few tough months.' On May 7, Indian jets bombed sites across the border that New Delhi described as 'terrorist infrastructure,' setting off an exchange of attacks between the two countries by fighter jets, missiles, drones, and artillery that killed dozens until a ceasefire on May 10. The ceasefire was first announced by Trump on social media after Washington held talks with both sides, but India has differed with Trump's claims that it resulted from his intervention and his threats to sever trade talks. India's position has been that New Delhi and Islamabad must resolve their problems directly and with no outside involvement. India is an increasingly important US partner in Washington's effort to counter China's rising influence in Asia, while Pakistan is a US ally. Both Hindu-majority India and Islamic Pakistan claim Muslim-majority Kashmir in full while ruling only parts of the Himalayan territory, over which they have also fought wars.
Al Arabiya
4 hours ago
- Al Arabiya
Former Giants managing general partner, longtime lead Microsoft attorney Bill Neukom dies at 83
Former San Francisco Giants managing general partner Bill Neukom, a bow-tie loving longtime Microsoft attorney who was at the helm when the team won its first World Series title in 2010, has died. He was 83. The team announced Neukom's death Thursday. No additional information was provided. Neukom retired from his role following the 2011 season and after the Giants captured the 2010 World Series for their first of three every-other-year titles that included championships in 2012 and 2014. The 2010 victory marked the first for the team since moving West in 1958. 'Bill will always hold a special place in our hearts and in the history of this franchise,' Giants CEO Larry Baer said in a statement. 'He was instrumental in helping this organization and its players bring the first World Series Championship to San Francisco in 2010. Bill will always be remembered for not only his leadership of this storied organization but also his colorful bow ties and the fact he'd bring a glove to the ballpark to try and catch foul balls. He was a true gentleman, a dedicated fan and a friend to so many.' An avid runner who completed more than a half-dozen marathons, Neukom first joined the ownership group in 1995 and became a general partner in 2003. When Peter Magowan retired after the 2008 season, Neukom became managing general partner. He developed a catchphrase called 'The Giants Way' of playing baseball. 'My idea is that we adhere to it at the minor-league level and all the way up,' Neukom said when introduced in October 2008. 'It's how you play the game–conditioning, fundamentals, a rigorous spring training regimen–everything. We want the best talent, the best teachers, the best leaders, the best trainers and we want to have better communication on what we want and how we want it done.' After retiring, Neukom remained involved with the Giants as chairman emeritus. He grew up in nearby San Mateo rooting for the Giants and with then-San Francisco Seals owner Charlie Graham as a neighbor. Neukom also loved riding horses and stayed active despite undergoing hip replacement surgery during his Giants tenure. Serving as top counsel for Microsoft billionaire Bill Gates, Neukom was the company's lead lawyer for nearly 25 years. His Microsoft stake was worth an estimated 107 million when he left in 2001. He was a partner in the Seattle office of the law firm Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates Ellis. He also was a past president of the American Bar Association, serving in 2007-08. Neukom also founded the World Justice Project in 2006, a multinational multidisciplinary initiative to strengthen the rule of law worldwide.
Al Arabiya
5 hours ago
- Al Arabiya
Trump threatens to sue WSJ over story on alleged 2003 letter to Epstein
US President Donald Trump on Thursday threatened to sue The Wall Street Journal after it published a story about an alleged off-color letter written by him to the late disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein that featured a drawing of a naked woman. The Journal story, which quickly reverberated around the US capital, says the note to Epstein bearing Trump's signature was part of a collection of notes for Epstein's 50th birthday in 2003. The newspaper says it reviewed the letter but did not print an image. 'The editor of The Wall Street Journal... was told directly by (White House Press Secretary) Karoline Leavitt, and by President Trump, that the letter was a FAKE,' Trump wrote in a post on his Truth Social network. 'Instead, they are going with a false, malicious, and defamatory story anyway,' he said. 'President Trump will be suing The Wall Street Journal, NewsCorp, and Mr. (Rupert) Murdoch, shortly. The press has to learn to be truthful, and not rely on sources that probably don't even exist.' The alleged letter — which Trump denies writing — is raunchy, as were others in the collection, the Journal reported. It contains several lines of typewritten text, contained in an outline of a naked woman drawn with a marker. 'The future president's signature is a squiggly 'Donald' below her waist, mimicking pubic hair,' the Journal reported. The letter concludes: 'Happy Birthday — and may every day be another wonderful secret.' Trump denied writing the letter or drawing the figure, telling the Journal: 'This is not me. This is a fake thing.' 'I don't draw pictures of women,' he said. 'It's not my language. It's not my words.' Murdoch, who controls the NewsCorp media empire, was in Trump's suite Sunday at MetLife Stadium outside New York City for the FIFA Club World Cup final. The Republican president was already facing a firestorm over his past relationship with Epstein, and claims that his administration is covering up lurid details of Epstein's crimes to protect rich and powerful figures. Epstein died by suicide in a New York prison in 2019 — during Trump's first term — after being charged with sex trafficking in a scheme where he allegedly groomed young and underage women for sexual abuse by the rich and powerful. The Trump-supporting far-right has long latched on to the scandal, claiming the existence of a still-secret list of Epstein's powerful clients and that the late financier was in fact murdered in his cell as part of a cover-up. Trump supporters expected the Republican to answer their questions on his return to office this January but now find themselves being told the conspiracy theories are false. The Justice Department and FBI said in a memo made public earlier this month there is no evidence that the disgraced financier kept a 'client list' or was blackmailing powerful figures. They also dismissed the claim that Epstein was murdered in jail, confirming his suicide, and said they would not be releasing any more information on the probe. Then, on Thursday, several US media outlets reported that a federal prosecutor who handled Epstein's case, who is the daughter of a prominent Trump critic, was abruptly fired. Maurene Comey, whose father is former FBI Director James Comey, was dismissed Wednesday from her position as an assistant US attorney in Manhattan, several major US outlets reported. Comey also prosecuted Ghislaine Maxwell, the only former Epstein associate who has been criminally charged in connection with his activities. Maxwell is the person who compiled the leather-bound book of letters for Epstein in 2003, the Journal reported. 'The WSJ should be ashamed for publishing it. Where is this letter? Would you be shocked to learn they never showed it to us before publishing it?' Vice President JD Vance wrote on X. Meanwhile, Democratic lawmaker Pat Ryan wrote: 'I think we now know EXACTLY why Donald Trump refuses to release the Epstein files.'
