Jan. 28, 2026
Meta can't rely on terms of service to bar hacked account lawsuit
A San Francisco federal judge ruled Meta's terms of service can't shield it from liability for its own alleged conduct in a hacked-account case, though he dismissed the complaint with leave to amend.
Meta can't argue its terms of service protect it from a lawsuit brought by Facebook users who claim the company didn't do enough to help them recover accounts that were hacked, a federal judge in San Francisco ruled.
In a Jan. 26 order, U.S. District Judge William H. Orrick granted Meta's motion to dismiss the complaint, saying the plaintiffs' causes of action were deficient, but rejected Meta's argument that Facebook's terms of service limit its liability....
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