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3 Facebook Messenger App Users File Lawsuit Over Privacy

by Associated Press

   SAN FRANCISCO --

   Three Facebook Messenger app users have filed a lawsuit claiming the
   social network violated their privacy by collecting logs of their phone
   calls and text messages.

   The suit, filed Tuesday in federal court in northern California, comes
   as Facebook faces scrutiny over privacy concerns.

   Facebook acknowledged on Sunday that it began uploading call and text
   logs from phones running Google's Android system in 2015. Facebook
   added that only users who gave appropriate permission were affected,
   that it didn't collect the contents of messages or calls, and that
   users can opt out of the data collection and have the stored logs
   deleted by changing their app settings.

   The suit seeks class-action status.

   A message seeking comment from Facebook on Wednesday was not
   immediately returned.