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Supreme Court tosses Facebook appeal in shareholder lawsuit arising from Cambridge Analytica data breach

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The Supreme Court dismissed Facebook 's appeal of a lower court order reviving a shareholder lawsuit brought against the social media giant.

The dispute stems from a class action lawsuit that arose out of the political consulting firm Cambridge Analytica's misuse of Facebook user data in 2015 .

The case involved what publicly traded companies must disclose in the "risk factors" section of their annual filings.

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