Meta Sued for Tracking Users, Flouting Apple's Privacy Rules

The tech giant says the allegations are 'without merit'

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Meta finds itself in the crosshairs of a class-action lawsuit for allegedly building a secret workaround to Apple’s 2021 App Tracking Transparency (ATT) system, allowing it to track users’ activity and collect their personal data.

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Two Facebook account holders have accused the company of skirting Apple’s privacy rules and snooping on users, according to a proposed class-action complaint filed in San Francisco federal court this week. A similar complaint was filed in the same court last week.

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