Lawsuits involving Meta Platforms

References

1. 1.Michael Levenson. Facebook, ConnectU settle dispute:Case an intellectual property kerfuffle Boston Globe, June 27, 2008, retrieved June 4, 2020^
2. 2.Malcom A. Glenn, "For Now, Facebook Foes Continue Fight Against Site", The Harvard Crimson, July 27, 2007^
3. 3.Luke O'Brien. Poking Facebook 02138, November–December 2007, retrieved June 26, 2008^
4. 4.Timothy J. McGinn. Lawsuit Threatens To Close Facebook Harvard Crimson, September 13, 2004, retrieved March 8, 2008^
5. 5.Alexander Maugeri. TheFacebook.com faces lawsuit The Daily Princetonian, September 20, 2004, retrieved March 8, 2008^
6. 6.Tryhorn, Chris. Facebook in court over ownership The Guardian, July 25, 2007, retrieved March 15, 2008^
7. 7.California Northern District Court. The Facebook, Inc. v. Connectu, LLC et al Justia, March 9, 2007, retrieved June 4, 2020^
8. 8.Investors Value Facebook at Up to $33.7 Billion The New York Times, August 26, 2010, retrieved June 4, 2020^
9. 9.Eric Eldon. Financial wrinkle lost ConnectU some Facebook settlement dollars VentureBeat, February 12, 2009, retrieved June 4, 2020^
10. 10.Jagadeesh, Namitha. Getting the start-up documentation right The Wall Street Journal, March 11, 2008, retrieved March 15, 2008^
11. 11.FACEBOOK GOT ITS $15 BILLION VALUATION — NOW WHAT? retrieved July 7, 2014^
12. 12.Internal Facebook valuation points to strategic merit - Valuation is far below the $15 billion cited at time of Microsoft investment Wall Street Journal, retrieved July 7, 2008^
13. 13.Dan Slater. Facebook Wins ConnectU Appeal, Blames Fee Dispute Wall Street Journal, June 27, 2008, retrieved June 4, 2020^
14. 14.Nate Raymond. Arbitrators Confirm Quinn Emanuel's Fee in Facebook Settlement The National Law Journal, September 15, 2010^
15. 15.Caroline McCarthy. Fresh legal woes for ConnectU founders CNET News, January 4, 2010, retrieved June 4, 2020^
16. 16.Lee Gesmer. The Road Goes on Forever, But the Lawsuits Never End: ConnectU, Facebook, Their Entourages Mass Law Blog, January 18, 2010, retrieved June 4, 2020^
17. 17.Lee Gesmer. Chang v. Winklevoss Complaint Commonwealth of Massachusetts, January 18, 2010, retrieved June 4, 2020^
18. 18.Noam Scheiber. What If You Spent Every Waking Moment Taking On Elon Musk? The New York Times, October 31, 2025, retrieved 2025-10-31^
19. 19.Student Site Stirs Controversy The Harvard Crimson, retrieved 2020-12-10^
20. 20.Concerns Over Web Portal Force Password Change The Harvard Crimson, retrieved 2020-12-10^
21. 21.New Online Facebook Launched The Harvard Crimson, retrieved 2020-12-09^
22. 22.Nick Douglas. Someone's jealous: A college pal writes an open letter to Facebook's founder Gawker, retrieved 2020-06-14^
23. 23.John Markoff. Who Founded Facebook? A New Claim Emerges The New York Times, September 1, 2007, retrieved September 2, 2007^
24. 24.USPTO TTABVUE Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Inquiry System Cancellation No. 92049206 Ttabvue.uspto.gov, retrieved February 23, 2014^
25. 25.Facebook and Think Computer Corporation Resolve Trademark Dispute May 22, 2009, retrieved June 4, 2020^
26. 26.Ryan Tate. Facebook Named in Federal Class-Action Suit over Scammy Zynga Ads Valleywag, November 19, 2009, retrieved February 21, 2010^
27. 27.Ryan Tate. Initial Complaint in Swift vs. Zynga Valleywag, November 19, 2009, retrieved February 21, 2010^
28. 28.FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW AND ORDER APPROVING SETTLEMENT. Signed by Judge Richard Seeborg on 03/17/2010. Docket Alarm, Inc., retrieved July 19, 2013^
29. 29.Oreskovic, Alexei. Facebook fights New Yorker's claim of 84 percent stake Reuters, July 12, 2010, retrieved July 22, 2010^
30. 30.Fowler, Geoffrey A. Man Claims Ownership of Facebook The Wall Street Journal, July 13, 2010, retrieved July 22, 2010^
31. 31.Priyanka. Zuckerberg 'quite sure' he didn't hand over 84% Facebook to Ceglia The Money Times, July 22, 2010, retrieved July 22, 2010^
32. 32.Kawamoto, Dawn. Facebook and Website Designer Paul Ceglia Brawl Over 84% Stake DailyFinance.com, July 13, 2010, retrieved July 22, 2010^
33. 33.Chowdhry, Amit. Paul Ceglia Files Lawsuit Against Facebook Claiming To Own 84% Of The Company Pulse2, July 13, 2010, retrieved July 22, 2010^
34. 34.Bosker, Bianca. Paul Ceglia Claims To Own 84% Stake In Facebook The Huffington Post, July 13, 2007, retrieved July 22, 2010^
35. 35.Eric Goldman. Facebook User Loses Lawsuit Over Account Termination—Young v. Facebook May 9, 2011, retrieved June 4, 2020^
36. 36.Cyrus Farivar. Appeals court upholds deal allowing kids' images in Facebook ads Ars Technica, Condé Nast, January 7, 2016, retrieved June 14, 2017^
37. 37.David Bixenspan. Yes, That Facebook Class Action Lawsuit Check You Got is Real Law Newz, November 21, 2016, retrieved November 22, 2016^
38. 38.Ned Potter. Facebook Privacy: Lawsuit Charges Facebook Tracked Users Even After they Logged Off ABC News, 17 October 2011, retrieved 22 February 2022^
39. 39.MS Woman Latest To Sue Facebook WBBJ-TV, 13 October 2011, retrieved 22 February 2022^
40. 40.Emil Protalinski. Facebook hit with $15 billion class action user tracking lawsuit ZDNet, 18 May 2012, retrieved 17 February 2022^
41. 41.Makena Kelly. Meta's Facebook to pay $90 million to settle decade-old privacy lawsuit The Verge, 15 February 2022, retrieved 17 February 2022^
42. 42.Sarah Jackson. Meta agrees to pay $90 million to settle a lawsuit alleging Facebook kept tracking users after they logged off Business Insider, February 15, 2022, retrieved 17 February 2022^
43. 43.Brian McCollum. Eminem's publisher sues Facebook over ad USA Today, May 21, 2013, retrieved 19 February 2022^
44. 44.Jennifer Grove. Facebook sued for allegedly intercepting private messages CNET, January 2, 2014, retrieved 20 February 2022^
45. 45.Dheepthika Laurent. Facebook, Twitter and Google targeted in French lawsuit CNN, March 26, 2014, retrieved 20 February 2022^
46. 46.Jonathan Stempel. Zuckerberg, other Facebook directors are sued over pay plan Reuters, 9 June 2014, retrieved 21 February 2022^
47. 47.Facebook sued over director compensation CNBC, 9 June 2014, retrieved 21 February 2022^
48. 48.Heather Kelly. Facebook gets sued for gender discrimination CNN, 18 March 2015, retrieved 21 February 2022^
49. 49.Olivia Solon, Cyrus Farivar. Inside bikini-photo startup Six4Three's scrappy battle to put Facebook on trial NBC News, April 16, 2019, retrieved 20 February 2022^
50. 50.Six4Three, LLC v. Facebook, Inc. Casetext, September 30, 2019, retrieved 20 February 2022^
51. 51.Julia Wong, Sam Levin. California judge condemns startup for giving secret Facebook papers to UK The Guardian, December 1, 2018, retrieved 20 February 2022^
52. 52.Samuel Gibbs. Belgium takes Facebook to court over privacy breaches and user tracking The Guardian, 15 June 2015, retrieved 19 February 2022^
53. 53.Facebook facing lawsuit over photo tagging KGO-TV, 6 May 2016, retrieved 21 February 2022^
54. 54.Russell Brandom. Lawsuit claims Facebook illegally scanned private messages The Verge, 19 May 2016, retrieved 19 February 2022^
55. 55.Dan Whitcomb. Families of San Bernardino shooting sue Facebook, Google, Twitter Reuters, 4 May 2017, retrieved 21 February 2022^
56. 56.Amar Toor. Syrian refugee sues Facebook over fake news The Verge, 7 February 2017, retrieved 21 February 2022^
57. 57.Stephanie Kirchner, Anthony Faiola. His selfie went viral for all the wrong reasons. Now this refugee is suing Facebook. The Washington Post, 5 February 2017, retrieved 21 February 2022^
58. 58.Lizzie Dearden. Syrian refugee falsely labelled terrorist on Facebook loses case The Independent, 7 March 2017, retrieved 21 February 2022^
59. 59.Adi Robertson. Facebook sued by family of man whose killing was posted online The Verge, 30 January 2018, retrieved 21 February 2022^
60. 60.Olivia Solon. Family of man whose death was broadcast on Facebook sues social network The Guardian, 30 January 2018, retrieved 21 February 2022^
61. 61.Godwin v. Facebook, Inc. WEWS-TV, retrieved 21 February 2022^
62. 62.Gwyn Topham. Martin Lewis sues Facebook over fake adverts with his name The Guardian, 23 April 2018, retrieved 19 February 2022^
63. 63.Alex Hern. Martin Lewis drops lawsuit as Facebook backs scam ads scheme The Guardian, 23 January 2019, retrieved 19 February 2022^
64. 64.Scams, Spams and Shams Revealed blog.sircles.net, retrieved 2025-08-13^
65. 65.Russell Brandom. Facebook and Google hit with $8.8 billion in lawsuits on day one of GDPR The Verge, 25 May 2018, retrieved 22 February 2022^
66. 66.Sandra Garcia. Ex-Content Moderator Sues Facebook, Saying Violent Images Caused Her PTSD The New York Times, 25 September 2018, retrieved 21 February 2022^
67. 67.Casey Newton. Facebook will pay $52 million in settlement with moderators who developed PTSD on the job The Verge, 12 May 2020, retrieved 21 February 2022^
68. 68.FACEBOOK (DATA BREACH) retrieved October 19, 2021^
69. 69.Colorado Strong Arm law firm sues Facebook, seeks compensation in latest hack attack October 15, 2018, retrieved October 19, 2021^
70. 70.Fourth Amended Class Action Complaint^
71. 71.The Big Lie Behind the “Pivot to Video”^
72. 72.AG Racine Sues Facebook for Failing to Protect Millions of Users' Data Office of the Attorney General for the District of Columbia, December 19, 2018, retrieved 22 February 2022^
73. 73.David Yaffe-Bellany. Zuckerberg Targeted by D.C. Attorney General in Privacy Suit Bloomberg, 20 October 2021, retrieved 16 March 2022^
74. 74.Mike Scarcella. D.C. prosecutor presses bid to question Facebook CEO in data privacy lawsuit Reuters, 22 February 2022, retrieved 23 February 2022^
75. 75.Erik Larson. Zuckerberg Deposition Blocked by Judge in D.C. Privacy Case (2) Bloomberg Law, March 15, 2022, retrieved 16 March 2022^
76. 76.Katie Benner, Glenn Thrush, Mike Isaac. Facebook Engages in Housing Discrimination With Its Ad Practices, U.S. Says The New York Times, 28 March 2019, retrieved 21 February 2022^
77. 77.Meta settles lawsuit with Justice Department over ad-serving algorithms TechCrunch, retrieved 2022-06-22^
78. 78.Italy's privacy watchdog fines Facebook 1 million euros ABC News, retrieved 22 February 2022^
79. 79.Thomas Escritt. Germany fines Facebook for under-reporting complaints Reuters, 2 July 2019, retrieved 21 February 2022^
80. 80.Adi Robertson. News anchor sues Facebook and Reddit after a convenience store creepshot showed up in dating ads The Verge, 6 September 2019, retrieved 22 February 2022^
81. 81.Turkey fines Facebook $282,000 over privacy breach Reuters, 3 October 2019, retrieved 22 February 2022^
82. 82.Jay Peters. Facebook sued over Calibra's look-alike logo The Verge, 11 October 2019, retrieved 21 February 2022^
83. 83.Steven Scheer. Workers at Israeli surveillance firm NSO sue Facebook for blocking private accounts Reuters, 26 November 2019, retrieved 21 February 2022^
84. 84.Alex Hern. Ex-Facebook worker claims disturbing content led to PTSD The Guardian, 4 December 2019, retrieved 21 February 2022^
85. 85.Cyrus Farivar. App developers sue Facebook alleging an 'anticompetitive scheme' NBC News, January 17, 2020, retrieved 21 February 2022^
86. 86.Jay Peters. Facebook sued by the IRS for $9 billion in unpaid taxes The Verge, 19 February 2020, retrieved 21 February 2022^
87. 87.Adam Smith. Facebook shareholder sues company over 'failure on racial issues' The Independent, 3 July 2020, retrieved 21 February 2022^
88. 88.Catherine Thorbecke. Facebook hit with lawsuit over Kenosha protest deaths ABC News, September 23, 2020, retrieved 21 February 2022^
89. 89.L'offensive judiciaire tous azimuts de Lotfi Bel Hadj contre Facebook Africa intelligence, 29 March 2022^
90. 90.Qu'est-ce que l'agence UReputation, au cœur de l'affaire de « l'armée numérique » du PSG ? Ouest-France, 13 October 2022^
91. 91.Affaire UReputation vs Meta : la justice américaine autorise l'accès aux preuves Business News, 18 July 2025^
92. 92.uReputation v. Meta Platforms Inc. et al: Discovery Application (France & Tunisia) OffshoreAlert, June 20, 2025^
93. 93.Tony Romm, Abigail Hauslohner. DOJ sues Facebook, alleging it improperly hired foreign workers and discriminated against Americans The Washington Post, December 3, 2020, retrieved 21 February 2022^
94. 94.Lauren Feiner, Salvador Rodriguez. FTC and states sue Facebook, could force it to divest Instagram and WhatsApp CNBC, 8 December 2020, retrieved 8 December 2020^
95. 95.U.S. Chamber sides with Facebook in antitrust appeal Reuters, 29 March 2022, retrieved 29 March 2022^
96. 96.Dan Milmo. Lawsuit aiming to break up Facebook group Meta can go ahead, US court rules The Guardian, 12 January 2022, retrieved 12 January 2022^
97. 97.Facebook sued for 'losing control' of users' data BBC News, 9 February 2021, retrieved 22 February 2022^
98. 98.Russia sues Google, Facebook, Twitter for not deleting protest content – Ifax Reuters, 9 March 2021, retrieved 21 February 2022^
99. 99.Jason Lange, Jan Wolfe. Trump sues Facebook, Twitter and Google, claiming censorship Reuters, 8 July 2021, retrieved 21 February 2022^
100. 100.Jeffrey Rousseau. Meta Company alleges Facebook infringed upon its name GamesIndustry.biz, November 5, 2021, retrieved 21 February 2022^
101. 101.Nate Skulic. Facebook Stole Our Name and Livelihood Meta Company, November 1, 2021, retrieved 21 February 2022^
102. 102.Kim Lyons. Facebook sued by defunct photo app Phhhoto on antitrust grounds The Verge, 5 November 2021, retrieved 20 February 2022^
103. 103.Mike Leonard. Facebook, Now Meta, Sued Over 'Scheme to Crush' Phhhoto (1) Bloomberg, November 5, 2021, retrieved 20 February 2022^
104. 104.Alexandra Villarreal. 'An egregious breach of public trust': Ohio sues Meta over whistleblower revelations The Guardian, 16 November 2021, retrieved 20 February 2022^
105. 105.Clare Duffy. Ohio Attorney General sues Meta over revelations from the 'Facebook Papers' CNN, November 15, 2021, retrieved 20 February 2022^
106. 106.Amy Cheng. Rohingya refugees sue Facebook for $150 billion, alleging it helped perpetuate genocide in Myanmar The Washington Post, December 7, 2021, retrieved 20 February 2022^
107. 107.Dan Milmo. Rohingya sue Facebook for £150bn over Myanmar genocide The Guardian, 6 December 2021, retrieved 20 February 2022^
108. 108.Isabelle Khurshudyan. Russia fines Google $100 million, and Facebook $27 million, over 'failure to remove banned content' The Washington Post, December 24, 2021, retrieved 22 February 2022^
109. 109.Russian court slaps Google, Meta with massive fines The Independent, 24 December 2021, retrieved 22 February 2022^
110. 110.Bethany Biron. Facebook hit with lawsuit for allegedly 'promoting extremist content' within far-right 'boogaloo' groups tied to the murder of a federal officer Business Insider, 8 January 2022, retrieved 9 January 2022^
111. 111.Dan Milmo. Meta sued for £2.3bn over claim Facebook users in UK were exploited The Guardian, 14 January 2022, retrieved 19 February 2022^
112. 112.Corinne Reichert. Meta and Snap sued over allegedly contributing to 11-year-old's suicide CNET, January 21, 2022, retrieved 19 February 2022^
113. 113.Graeme Massie. Mother sues Facebook and Snapchat over 11-year-old daughter's suicide The Independent, 5 February 2022, retrieved 19 February 2022^
114. 114.Josh Taylor. Facebook rejects Andrew Forrest's legal claim it should be liable for cryptocurrency scam ads The Guardian, 22 February 2022, retrieved 22 February 2022^
115. 115.Renju Jose. Australian mining billionaire files lawsuit against Facebook over scam ads Reuters, 3 February 2022, retrieved 21 February 2022^
116. 116.Annabelle Timsit. Texas sues Facebook parent Meta over use of facial recognition, alleging privacy violations The Washington Post, 15 February 2022, retrieved 16 February 2022^
117. 117.Laurel Calkins. Texas Sues Meta Over Facebook's Dropped Facial-Recognition Tech Bloomberg, 14 February 2022, retrieved 16 February 2022^
118. 118.Adam Smith. Facebook illegally scanned people's faces and fingers, Texas lawsuit alleges The Independent, 15 February 2022, retrieved 16 February 2022^
119. 119.Dante Motley. Meta to pay Texas $1.4 billion for using facial recognition technology without users' permission The Texas Tribune, 2024-07-30, retrieved 2024-09-05^
120. 120.Azi Paybarah. Florida Girl Arrested Over Threats She Didn't Make Sues Her School The New York Times, 17 February 2022, retrieved 20 February 2022^
121. 121.Marisa Iati. A bullied teen was framed for threatening a school on Instagram and ended up in jail for 11 days, lawsuit says The Washington Post, February 17, 2022, retrieved 20 February 2022^
122. 122.Dangaard et al. v. Instagram, LLC et al. - 3:22-cv-01101 ClassAction.org, retrieved 25 February 2022^
123. 123.Noel Titheradge. Facebook accused of blacklisting OnlyFans' rivals BBC News, 24 February 2022, retrieved 25 February 2022^
124. 124.Malathi Nayak. Meta Investor Sues Over Apple Privacy Update's Impact on Ads Bloomberg, 9 March 2022, retrieved 12 March 2022^
125. 125.Labaton Sucharow LLP Files Securities Class Action Lawsuit Against Meta Platforms, Inc. and Certain Executives Labaton Sucharow, March 8, 2022, retrieved 12 March 2022^
126. 126.Renju Jose. Australian watchdog sues Facebook-owner Meta over scam advertisements Reuters, 18 March 2022, retrieved 18 March 2022^
127. 127.Campbell Kwan. Meta sued for allegedly displaying scam ads using Australian public figures ZDNet, March 18, 2022, retrieved 18 March 2022^
128. 128.Facebook, now Meta, Hit With 8 Suits Claiming Its Algorithms Hook Youth and Ruin Their Lives HT Tech, 2022-06-09, retrieved 2022-06-09^
129. 129.Social Media Beasley Allen, retrieved 2022-06-09^
130. 130.Meta Sued For Violating Patient Privacy, Scraping Health Data From Hospitals HealthITSecurity, 2022-06-22, retrieved 2022-06-22^
131. 131.Marianne Kolbasuk McGee. Lawsuit: Facebook Is Collecting Patient Data of 'Millions' www.govinfosecurity.com, June 21, 2022, retrieved 2022-06-22^
132. 132.Lauren Feiner. DOJ settles lawsuit with Facebook over allegedly discriminatory housing advertising CNBC, June 21, 2022, retrieved July 26, 2022^
133. 133.Naomi Nix, Elizabeth Dwoskin. Justice Department and Meta settle landmark housing discrimination case The Washington Post, June 21, 2022, retrieved July 26, 2022^
134. 134.United States Attorney Resolves Groundbreaking Suit Against Meta Platforms, Inc., Formerly Known As Facebook, To Address Discriminatory Advertising For Housing U.S. Justice Department, June 21, 2022, retrieved July 26, 2022^
135. 135.Isobel Asher Hamilton. An Air Force vet who worked at Facebook is suing the company saying it accessed deleted user data and shared it with law enforcement Business Insider, retrieved 2022-07-08^
136. 136.Russell Brandom. A company called Meta is suing Meta for naming itself Meta The Verge, 2022-07-19, retrieved 2022-07-26^
137. 137.Jaron Schneider. Epidemic Sound Sues Meta for 'Rampant' Theft of its Music Tracks PetaPixel, 2022-07-25, retrieved 2022-07-26^
138. 138.Epidemic Sound hits Meta with $142m lawsuit for 'rampant infringement' of its music on Facebook and Instagram Music Business Worldwide, 2022-07-22, retrieved 2022-07-26^
139. 139.Lauren Feiner. FTC sues to block Facebook owner Meta from buying VR fitness app maker CNBC, July 27, 2022, retrieved July 29, 2022^
140. 140.Lauren Feiner. Facebook lawsuit delivers on FTC chair Lina Khan's progressive agenda CNBC, July 27, 2022, retrieved July 29, 2022^
141. 141.FTC Seeks to Block Virtual Reality Giant Meta's Acquisition of Popular App Creator Within Federal Trade Commission, July 27, 2022, retrieved July 29, 2022^
142. 142.Kathryn Hardison. FTC Seeks to Block Meta Platforms From Acquiring Within Unlimited Wall Street Journal, July 27, 2022, retrieved September 8, 2022^
143. 143.Lauren Feiner. Meta acquisition of Within reportedly approved by court in loss for FTC CNBC, February 1, 2023, retrieved July 29, 2023^
144. 144.Dave Michaels, Jan Wolfe. FTC Loses Antitrust Challenge to Facebook Parent Meta The Wall Street Journal, News Corp, February 1, 2023, retrieved July 29, 2023^
145. 145.Jan Wolfe. FTC Abandons Challenge to Meta's Acquisition of Virtual-Reality Startup The Wall Street Journal, News Corp, February 24, 2023, retrieved July 29, 2023^
146. 146.Instagram fined €405m over children's data privacy BBC News, retrieved 2022-09-06^
147. 147.Blake Brittain. Meta settles trademark lawsuit brought by investment firm Metacapital May 10, 2024^
148. 148.RAJARAM V. META PLATFORMS, INC., No. 22-16870 (9th Cir. 2024) Justia Law, retrieved 2025-03-02^
149. 149.Jonathan Stempel. Meta must face lawsuit claiming it prefers cheaper foreign workers Reuters, February 25, 2025, retrieved March 3, 2025^
150. 150.Gil Ron, Keinan & Co., Tel Aviv gil-ron-keinan, retrieved 2025-07-12^