Facebook Urges Ninth U.S. Circuit Court Of Appeals To Uphold Sponsored Stories Settlement

Facebook urged the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco to uphold the $20 million settlement of a class-action lawsuit over the use of users’ images in sponsored stories, Mediapost reported, citing a filing with the court last Friday.

ClassAction650Facebook urged the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco to uphold the $20 million settlement of a class-action lawsuit over the use of users’ images in sponsored stories, Mediapost reported, citing a filing with the court last Friday.

The settlement was challenged by nonprofit groups in February, with Public Citizen and Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood expressing concerns over the use of minors’ images without the consent of their parents.

Facebook said in the filing, as reported by Mediapost:

A settlement is by its very nature a compromise, and compromises never please everyone.

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