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Technology,
Civil Litigation

Jun. 24, 2021

No class certification for advertisers who say Facebook charged for fake clicks

“Plaintiff has adduced no evidence of classwide exposure to the alleged misrepresentations other than the mere existence of the misrepresentations on a few of Facebook’s webpages, none of which an advertiser would have been required to view before, during, or after advertising on Facebook,” wrote U.S. District Judge William Alsup in San Francisco.

No class certification for advertisers in Facebook fake clicks case

A federal judge on Tuesday refused to certify a class of advertisers in a lawsuit against Facebook alleging it improperly charged them for clicks on ads by fake accounts.

"Plaintiff has adduced no evidence of classwide exposure to the alleged misrepresentations other than the mere existence of the misrepresentations on a few of Fa...

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