Aug. 31 Pre-Settlement Conference Set in Meta’s Data-Scraping Fight vs. Voyager

U.S. Magistrate Judge Lisa Cisneros for Northern California in San Francisco scheduled a telephonic pre-settlement conference Aug. 31 at 10:30 a.m. PDT in Meta’s data-scraping court fight against Voyager Labs, said a text-only docket entry Monday (docket 3:23-cv-00154). Cisneros was assigned the case Monday for settlement purposes. Meta alleges Voyager “built a business” on developing surveillance software that improperly relies on fake accounts to scrape data from Facebook and Instagram through “unauthorized, automated means” (see 2307050001). Voyager moved in April to dismiss Meta’s complaint for failure to state a claim on which relief may be granted (see 2304140003).