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Facebook agreement to stop scanning messages to target ads gets final court approval

By Amy Miller ( August 9, 2017, 22:17 GMT | Insight) -- Facebook's agreement, as part of a class-action settlement, to stop reading its users' private messages for targeted ads was granted final approval by a federal judge in Oakland, California, despite the objections of a class member who claimed the deal had no real value.Facebook's agreement, as part of a class-action settlement, to stop reading its users' private messages for targeted ads was granted final approval by a federal judge in Oakland, California, despite the objections of a class member who claimed the deal had no real value....

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