The US Supreme Court on Thursday sided with Facebook in a complaint regarding unwanted text messages. In a 9-0 decision authored by Justice Sonia Sotomayor, the court sided with the social media giant over its argument that text messages it sent did not violate a 1991 federal law – Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA).
Democratic Senator Edward Markey and Democratic Representative Anna Eshoo said in a joint statement, “By narrowing the scope of the TCPA, the court is allowing companies the ability to assault the public with a non-stop wave of unwanted calls and texts, around the clock,”
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