Campbell et al v. Facebook Inc.

Filing 233

Supplemental Brief re 227 MOTION for Preliminary Approval of Class Action Settlement filed byFacebook Inc.. (Attachments: # 1 Proposed Order Exhibit A, # 2 Exhibit B)(Related document(s) 227 ) (Jessen, Joshua) (Filed on 4/24/2017)

Exhibit B

Press Coverage Regarding Litigation and Settlement
in Campbell v. Facebook, Case No. 13-05996 PJH-SK (N.D. Cal.) 1
WBRC Fox 6 News, January 2014, http://www.wbrc.com/story/24352360/facebookaccused-of-invasive-scanning-in-new-lawsuit
Gigaom, January 2, 2014, https://gigaom.com/2014/01/02/facebook-reads-privatemessages-to-boost-likes-lawsuit-claims/
Time, January 2, 2014, http://business.time.com/2014/01/02/facebook-sued-forscanning-private-messages/
PCWorld, January 2, 2014, http://www.pcworld.com/article/2083800/facebook-faceslawsuit-for-allegedly-scanning-private-messages.html
The Daily Dot, January 2, 2014, https://www.dailydot.com/debug/facebook-readingprivate-messages/
Bloomberg, January 2, 2014, https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2014-0102/facebook-sued-over-alleged-scanning-of-private-messages
Business Insider, January 2, 2014, http://www.businessinsider.com/facebook-sued-forallegedly-using-your-private-messages-to-trigger-ads-2014-1
CNET, January 2, 2014, https://www.cnet.com/news/facebook-sued-for-allegedlyintercepting-private-messages/
Adweek, January 3, 2014, http://www.adweek.com/digital/facebook-facing-class-actionsuit-over-privacy-154722/
Daily Mail, January 3, 2014, http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article2533542/Facebook-snoops-private-inbox.html

The parties provide the following news articles reporting on the litigation and the settlement, in
chronological order. The list is not exhaustive, and the parties do not warrant the accuracy of the
reporting, but instead they offer these to illustrate the extensive press coverage that this lawsuit has
received.
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Topclassactions.com, January 3, 2014, https://topclassactions.com/lawsuitsettlements/lawsuit-news/11601-class-action-lawsuit-says-facebook-emails-arentprivate/
RT, January 3, 2014, https://www.rt.com/usa/facebook-lawsuit-private-message-103/
Huffington Post, January 3, 2014, http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/01/03/facebooklawsuit-private-messages_n_4536154.html
CNN, January 3, 2014, http://money.cnn.com/2014/01/03/technology/facebook-privacylawsuit/
Adweek, January 3, 2014, http://www.adweek.com/digital/campbell-vs-facebook/
BBC, January 3, 2014, http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-25584286
ZDNet, January 3, 2014, http://www.zdnet.com/article/facebook-sued-for-allegedlyscanning-your-private-messages/
Marketing Week, January 3, 2014,
https://www.marketingweek.com/2014/01/03/facebook-sued-for-allegedly-sharingprivate-message-data-with-marketers/
The International Business Times (digital), January 3, 2014,
http://www.ibtimes.com/facebook-faces-class-action-lawsuit-alleged-interceptionprivate-messages-provide-1525558
The Atlantic, January 3, 2014,
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2014/01/facebook-faces-class-actionlawsuit/356666/
Slate, January 3, 2014,
http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2014/01/03/facebook_reads_your_private_mes
sages_california_class_action_suit_alleges.html
Fox News, January 3, 2014, http://video.foxnews.com/v/3006293508001/?#sp=showclips
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Fox Business, January 3, 2014,
http://www.foxbusiness.com/features/2014/01/03/facebooks-messenger-lawsuit-datamining-dislike.html
PCMag, January 3, 2014, http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2428975,00.asp
SF Gate, January 4, 2014, http://www.sfgate.com/technology/article/Facebook-GoogleYahoo-all-being-sued-over-5114587.php
Market Business News, January 4, 2014, https://marketbusinessnews.com/facebooksued-scanning-private-messages/8964
Social News Daily, January 4, 2014, http://socialnewsdaily.com/22155/facebook-facinglawsuit-over-messenger-service/
FindLaw, January 4, 2014, http://blogs.findlaw.com/law_and_life/2014/01/facebooksued-over-alleged-message-scanning.html
Marketing Pros Blog, January 7, 2014,
http://www.webmarketingpros.com/blog/facebook-sued-for-allegedly-scanning-privatemessages/
Skeptools, January 9, 2014, https://skeptools.wordpress.com/2014/01/09/lawsuitfacebook-likes-private-messages-pm/
Legal News Line, April 22, 2014, http://legalnewsline.com/stories/510517430-judgeconsolidates-class-actions-alleging-facebook-used-info-from-private-messages
Ars Technica, December 24, 2014, https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/12/suitover-facebooks-practice-of-scanning-users-messages-to-go-forward/
Bloomberg, December 24, 2014, https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2014-1224/facebook-fails-to-dismiss-privacy-case-over-messages
Reuters, December 24, 2014, http://www.reuters.com/article/facebook-lawsuitclassaction-idUSL1N0U80VG20141224
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Metro, December 24, 2014, http://www.metro.us/news/facebook-ordered-to-facelawsuit-over-scanning-of-users-messages/zsJnlx---js0gnwDzuQtxI
Engadget, December 25, 2014, https://www.engadget.com/2014/12/25/facebook-classaction-privacy-lawsuit/
The International Business Times (digital), December 25, 2014,
http://www.ibtimes.com/judge-facebook-scan-users-private-messages-targetedadvertising-prepare-class-action-1767234
The Next Web, December 25, 2014,
https://thenextweb.com/facebook/2014/12/26/facebook-hit-class-action-lawsuit-privatemessage-scanning/#.tnw_0zHFanBQ
Shearlaw, December 26, 2014, http://www.shearlaw.com/facebook-message-scanninglawsuit-moves-forward/
Adweek, December 26, 2014, http://www.adweek.com/digital/private-messages-lawsuit/
MintPress News, December 26, 2014, http://www.mintpressnews.com/facebook-facinglawsuit-invasive-scanning-private-messages/200213/
Tech Times, December 26, 2014, http://www.techtimes.com/articles/23010/20141226/us-judge-facebook-cannot-avoid-class-action-lawsuit-over-scanning-users-privatemessages-for-advertising-purposes.htm
GadgetZZ.com, December 28, 2014, http://gadgetzz.com/2014/12/28/facebook-lawsuitover-scanning-private-messages/
Relevanza, December 29, 2014, http://www.relevanza.com/facebook-privacy-lawsuitmove-forward/
Silicon Valley Business Journal, December 29, 2014,
http://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/news/2014/12/29/judge-says-facebook-must-faceclass-action-lawsuit.html

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WeLiveSecurity, December 30, 2014,
https://www.welivesecurity.com/2014/12/30/facebook-privacy-network-faces-courtreading-user-messages/
Cheat Sheet, December 30, 2014, http://www.cheatsheet.com/technology/facebooklawsuit-shows-how-outdated-our-privacy-laws-are.html/?a=viewall
Mobile Marketing Watch, January 5, 2015, https://mobilemarketingwatch.com/maybeyour-private-messages-arent-so-private-facebook-in-class-action-lawsuit-for-scanningmessages-47193/
TopInfoPost, January 10, 2015, http://www.topinfopost.com/2015/01/10/facebook-suedscanning-pm
Law 360, September 22, 2015, https://www.law360.com/articles/705851/facebook-saysusers-can-t-keep-stalling-privacy-suit
Bloomberg, October 29, 2015, https://www.bna.com/facebooks-unilateral-discoveryn57982062893/
Law 360, November 16, 2015, https://www.law360.com/articles/727386/facebookusers-ask-judge-for-cert-in-privacy-lawsuit
Lexis Legal News, November 23, 2015,
http://www.lexislegalnews.com/articles/4160/plaintiffs-in-facebook-message-scanningsuit-seek-class-certification
Law 360, February 22, 2016, https://www.law360.com/articles/761895/facebook-userspush-for-cert-in-message-scanning-row
Law 360, February 29, 2016, https://www.law360.com/articles/764832/facebook-wantsexpert-in-message-scanning-row-nixed
The Recorder, May 19, 2016,
http://www.therecorder.com/home/id=1202758149745/Facebook-Escapes-BigDamages-in-Privacy-Class-Action?mcode=1202617072607&curindex=1

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New York Daily News, May 19, 2016,
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/facebook-accused-illegally-scanningprivate-messages-lawsuit-article-1.2642903
The Verge, May 19, 2016, http://www.theverge.com/2016/5/19/11712804/facebookprivate-message-scanning-privacy-lawsuit
Breitbart, May 20, 2016, http://www.breitbart.com/tech/2016/05/20/facebook-suedscanning-user-messages-advertising-data/
Hollywood Reporter, May 20, 2016, http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thresq/facebook-privacy-class-action-suit-896072
Consumerist, May 20, 2016, https://consumerist.com/2016/05/20/facebook-lawsuitover-scanning-of-private-messages-moves-forward-but-plaintiffs-will-receive-nomoney/
Gadgets Now, May 20, 2016, http://www.gadgetsnow.com/tech-news/Facebook-suedin-US-for-scanning-private-messages/articleshow/52358552.cms
Security Affairs, May 21, 2016, http://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/47514/socialnetworks/facebook-private-messages.html
Investopedia, May 23, 2016,
http://www.investopedia.com/articles/insights/052316/facebook-sued-reading-usersprivate-messages-fb.asp
Hack Read, May 25, 2016, https://www.hackread.com/facebook-lawsuit-scanningprivate-messages/
Law 360, October 4, 2016, https://www.law360.com/articles/848383/facebook-beatssource-code-request-in-url-privacy-suit
The Daily Online Examiner, December 23, 2016,
https://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/291771/facebook-agrees-to-settle-classaction-over-messag.html

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The Recorder, March 2, 2017, http://www.therecorder.com/more-latestnews/id=1202780383679/Facebook-Settles-Privacy-Suit-in-NoCashDeal?mcode=1202617583589&curindex=233&slreturn=20170321134133
Law 360, March 2, 2017, https://www.law360.com/articles/897577/facebook-strikesdeal-in-url-messaging-privacy-class-action
Policy Blog, March 2, 2017,
http://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/296322/facebooktweaksdisclosurestosett
leprivacybatt.html
Bloomberg, March 2, 2017,
http://www.bloomberglaw.com/public/document/Campbell_et_al_v_Facebook_Inc_Doc
ket_No_413cv05996_ND
Consumer Affairs, March 3, 2017, https://www.consumeraffairs.com/news/facebookagrees-to-stop-reading-your-messages-030317.html
Consumerist, March 3, 2017, https://consumerist.com/2017/03/03/facebook-promisesto-quit-snooping-on-private-messages-for-ad-targeting-purposes/
Courthouse News, March 3, 2017, https://www.courthousenews.com/facebook-agreescut-back-snooping/
The Washington Times, March 3, 2017,
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/mar/3/facebook-fends-off-privacy-lawsuitafter-changing-/
Jurist, March 4, 2017, http://www.jurist.org/paperchase/2017/03/facebook-to-settle-inclass-action-privacy-suit.php
Breitbart, March 6, 2017, http://www.breitbart.com/tech/2017/03/06/facebook-to-stopspying-on-private-messages-for-ad-targeting-purposes/
Topclassactions.com, March 6, 2017, https://topclassactions.com/lawsuitsettlements/lawsuit-news/514674-facebook-settles-message-privacy-class-actionlawsuit/
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Bloomberg, April 14, 2017, Privacy & Security Law Report (BNA), 16 PVLR Issue No.
16 (04/17/2017)

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