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Was Meta's data sharing with apps like rifling an underwear drawer? US judge asks

By Mike Swift ( March 25, 2026, 01:45 GMT | Insight) -- As Meta Platforms and Google move to dismiss federal and state wiretapping claims in a suit filed in a federal court in California, a federal judge on Tuesday questioned whether Meta’s alleged Android modifications linking browser activity to Facebook and Instagram profiles violated users’ reasonable expectations. The case centers on whether broad consent covers unexpected data sharing between apps. Meta argues users agreed contractually to data collection and sharing, while a lawyer for the plaintiff argued that consumers couldn’t consent to undisclosed, unanticipated practices.A federal judge challenged Meta Platforms Tuesday over whether its alleged modification of a feature of Googe’s Android operating system to allow the Facebook and Instagram apps on a phone to log that user’s browser activity violated “background social expectations.”...

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