Facebook Gets Trump Administration Boost in SCOTUS Robocall Case

Facebook Inc. has won the Trump administration’s support in its bid to persuade the U.S. Supreme Court to limit the scope of a federal anti-robocall law.

The Justice Department has urged the high court to reverse the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit’s ruling in Facebook Inc. v. Duguid. The Ninth Circuit found that Facebook used an autodialing system to text consumers in violation of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act.

The law bans entities from using an autodialer to call or text consumers without advance permission. Circuit courts are split, however, on what technologies count as autodialers. ...