Just When You Thought The Facebook Beacon Case Was Over …

Just when you thought the legal saga involving Facebook Beacon was over after more than three years of wrangling, Daily Online Examiner reported that the case could be headed to the Supreme Court.

Just when you thought the legal saga involving Facebook Beacon was over after more than three years of wrangling, Daily Online Examiner reported that the case could be headed to the Supreme Court.

The long-defunct Beacon initiative was introduced by the social network in 2007, and it monitored and shared users’ non-Facebook online activity, such as purchases from Overstock.com or rentals from Blockbuster.

A class-action lawsuit was filed against Facebook by a group of users in March 2010, and this past February, it was revealed that the $9.5

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