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Facebook ordered to testify about how it values, monetizes user data

By Amy Miller
  • 11 Dec 2020 20:12
  • 11 Dec 2020 20:12
Facebook must testify about how the social network makes money, directly or indirectly, from the data it collects from users, a US magistrate judge ruled today in a class action over the Cambridge Analytica privacy leak.

Facebook users alleging the company failed to stop the misuse of information it shared with business partners

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Amy Miller

Senior Correspondent


Amy is responsible for the coverage of an array of regulatory and litigation issues pertaining to the Internet, including privacy, data security and antitrust. Formerly a legal reporter for the ALM media group, Miller has closely followed legal trends in Silicon Valley and covered corporate legal departments for online and print publications including The American Lawyer, Corporate Counsel, and The Recorder. Miller is a graduate of Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism and is an award-winning journalist with expertise ranging from education and legal reporting to computer-assisted reporting.

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