Meta Beats Liability Over False Posts About Los Angeles Shooter

Meta Platforms Inc. has beat claims that it’s responsible for Facebook posts that falsely named someone as the suspect in a 2020 shooting in Los Angeles.

The US District Court for the Central District of California granted Meta’s motion to dismiss Thursday, rejecting the claims of Darnell Hicks, the falsely accused, that the company that owns Facebook conspired with others to publish his unencrypted, unredacted personal information.

Hicks sued after his identity was shared by Elizabeth Strump and Floyd Bradford III in posts on Facebook in 2020. Stump and Bradford falsely posted that Hicks was the suspect in the shooting ...