DC AG Asks Court to Deny Facebook’s Attempt to Block Privacy Lawsuit
District of Columbia Superior Court should again deny Facebook’s request to block the city’s lawsuit (see 1906030055) over the platform’s data privacy practices, D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine told the court Tuesday. “We believe the court got it right in…
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May, when it denied Facebook’s attempt to dismiss the District’s case against it for failing to protect the data of nearly half of D.C. residents,” Racine said that evening. “Not surprisingly, Facebook is continuing to attempt to block our case. We are confident the court will again deny their request and allow our case to proceed.” The platform requested the court certify the case for interlocutory appeal and to stay proceedings pending appeal. A company spokesperson said the lawsuit is meritless: “Protecting people’s information and privacy is a top priority for us at Facebook, and we've taken a hard look at the information apps can use when you connect them to Facebook, as well as other data practices. We know we have more work to do.”