The Facts

Meta shipped intimate videos recorded by $299 Ray-Ban smart glasses to contractors in Nairobi, Kenya — without consent. Content included private activities, financial data, and bathroom footage. All marked "private" by users, reviewed by 100+ workers.

Class action — U.S. District Court, N.D. California

WhatsApp promised "unbreakable encryption." Leaked documents revealed Meta and contractor Accenture accessed 3+ billion private messages via a backdoor. False advertising to billions.

Multi-national class action: Australia, Brazil, India, Mexico, South Africa

Meta's "Tag Suggestions" captured facial geometry of millions of Texans through photo tagging — without consent. Largest privacy settlement in U.S. history.

Multiple GDPR violations around data processing, cross-border transfers, and user consent. Part of Europe's enforcement wave against major platforms.

Massive unauthorized collection of personal data from millions of users, violating GDPR consent and processing rules.

Continued fines and enforcement actions related to the 2018 Cambridge Analytica breach and subsequent GDPR violations.

OpenAI scraped millions of books, articles, and creative works from living authors without permission or compensation. Multiple class actions ongoing in U.S. and EU courts. The company argues it's "fair use." The authors disagree.

Class action — Authors Guild et al. v. OpenAI, S.D.N.Y.