Legal Action Archives

Meta

Defending Our Ability to Protect and Empower People on Our Apps

Today, we filed an amicus brief with the US Supreme Court to urge them not to undermine the internet as we know it.

January 19, 2023January 26, 2023

Meta

Leading the Fight Against Scraping-for-Hire

We’re initiating legal action in the US to ban Voyager Labs from Facebook and Instagram for creating fake accounts and scraping user data.

January 12, 2023January 12, 2023

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Taking Action Against Scraping for Hire

An update on what we’re doing to protect people from scraping data on Facebook and Instagram.

July 5, 2022June 30, 2022

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How We Work to Safeguard People Against Clone Sites

Learn more about clone sites, how our teams are working to address them and ways you can keep your account safe.

July 5, 2022July 6, 2022

Meta

Taking Legal Action Against Financial Services Scams

We filed a joint lawsuit with a financial services company against individuals who used phishing attacks to gain access to people’s online financial information.

February 8, 2022February 8, 2022

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Taking Legal Action Against Phishing Attacks

We filed a federal lawsuit to disrupt phishing attacks designed to deceive people into sharing their login credentials on fake login pages for Facebook, Messenger, Instagram and WhatsApp.

December 20, 2021December 20, 2021

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Combating E-Commerce Scams and Account Takeover Attacks

Today we filed two separate legal actions against the perpetrators of online scams who violated our Terms and Advertising Policies.

June 29, 2021December 30, 2021

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Facebook and Gucci File Joint Lawsuit Against International Counterfeiter

We filed a joint lawsuit with Gucci against the head of an international counterfeiting business using our platforms to promote the sale of counterfeit Gucci products.

April 26, 2021April 27, 2021

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Protecting People From Domain Abuse

We filed a lawsuit against a repeat cybersquatter for registering scores of lookalike domain names impersonating Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp.

April 15, 2021April 15, 2021

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Combating Scraping by Malicious Browser Extensions

Today we filed a lawsuit against two individuals for violating our Terms of Service and Portugal’s Database Protection Law.

January 14, 2021January 26, 2021

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Defending Our Ability to Protect and Empower People on Our Apps

Leading the Fight Against Scraping-for-Hire

Taking Action Against Scraping for Hire

How We Work to Safeguard People Against Clone Sites

Taking Legal Action Against Financial Services Scams

Taking Legal Action Against Phishing Attacks

Combating E-Commerce Scams and Account Takeover Attacks

Facebook and Gucci File Joint Lawsuit Against International Counterfeiter

Protecting People From Domain Abuse

Combating Scraping by Malicious Browser Extensions

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