Meta moves to dismiss US lawsuit over Facebook account hacking
( July 17, 2025, 18:57 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: Meta Platforms asked a US federal court to dismiss a putative class action in which it was accused of breach of contact for failing to stop users’ Facebook accounts from being hacked. Meta said the plaintiffs “imagine promises that Meta never made and allege harms that are not remediable either at law or in equity.” It argued that “Meta does not (and could not) contractually guarantee users that they will always enjoy uninterrupted access to their Facebook accounts.”See attached filing....
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