Facebook Loses Bid to End Antitrust Case Over Data Use (Correct)

Meta Platforms Inc.'s Facebook must face antitrust litigation over its alleged advertising pact with Alphabet Inc.'s Google and its alleged strategy of building a social media empire by deceiving users about its data privacy practices, a federal judge in San Jose, Calif., ruled.

Judge Lucy H. Koh let proposed class actions advance against Facebook on behalf of consumers and advertisers, citing “more than plausible” allegations that the tech giant used lies and deceptive statements about data privacy to gain a dominant competitive edge over rival platforms that told the truth.

“By selling increased amounts of data to third parties while ...