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Comment: Active special master in Facebook privacy case reflects growing prominence of judicial tool in US tech litigation

Four years after Facebook was sued over its data-sharing practices with app developers in the wake of the Cambridge Analytica scandal, Daniel Garrie, a court-appointed special master, held a hearing yesterday targeted at the hotly disputed heart of the privacy case.
Ordered by Garrie to appear at the hearing (see

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Mike Swift

Chief Global Digital Risk Correspondent


Mike Swift is an award-winning journalist who has been at the forefront of covering data, privacy and cybersecurity regulatory news for more than a decade. As the Chief Global Digital Risk Correspondent for MLex, in addition to reporting, he coordinates MLex’s worldwide coverage in the practice area. Formerly chief Internet reporter for the San Jose Mercury News and SiliconValley.com, Mike has covered Google, Facebook, Apple, Microsoft, Twitter and other tech companies and has closely tracked technology and regulatory trends in Silicon Valley. He has wide ranging expertise from the business of professional sports to computer-assisted reporting. A former John S. Knight Fellow at Stanford University, he is a graduate of Colby College.

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