Facebook Asks Supreme Court To Decide Whether Tracking Violates Wiretap Law
Facebook is urging the Supreme Court to take up a long-running dispute about whether tracking logged-out users via the “Like” button violates a law restricting the interception of online communications.
In a petition filed quietly last week, the social networking service argues that the battle over tracking “presents a question of critical importance” — namely, whether “certain ubiquitous practices in the technology industry involving computer-to-computer communications violate the federal Wiretap Act.”
Source: Facebook Asks Supreme Court To Decide Whether Tracking Violates Wiretap Law 11/30/2020
