California Sues Facebook for Documents as State Reveals Privacy Investigation

The state said Facebook had resisted or ignored dozens of requests for documents and internal correspondence about the companys handling of personal data.

In a lawsuit filed by the attorney general, Xavier Becerra, the state said that over an 18-month period, Facebook had resisted or ignored dozens of questions and requests for documents, including email correspondence between executives like Mark Zuckerberg and Sheryl Sandberg, the companys top two leaders.

The company was also ensnared in a fight with the Massachusetts attorney general, who was investigating Facebooks privacy practices, over whether to make internal documents public.

In September, a judge unsealed many records, which showed that Facebook had suspended tens of thousands of apps for improperly sucking up users data.

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