Houston Chronicle by Dwight Silverman Feb. 6, 2020
Facebook is under a Harris County court order to take down its Off-Facebook Privacy tool, part of a lawsuit involving the sex trafficking of a 16-year-old. So far, the feature remains alive in violation of that order.
A state district judge in Houston told Facebook on Jan. 29 that it must take down a privacy tool announced with much ballyhoo that same day and promoted with a blog post by founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg.
But if you go to the Off-Facebook Activity tool on either the social giant’s website or in its mobile app settings, the feature is still there, despite the temporary restraining order issued by Judge Tanya Garrison in Harris County’s 334th State District Court.
Even sprawling, multinational corporations like Facebook must follow the law. So why is this particular order being ignored?
“Facebook continues to be in contempt of Judge Garrison’s order,†said Annie McAdams, the attorney who won the TRO. She has filed for a contempt-of-court ruling, and Facebook has requested an emergency appeal with the Houston-based 14th State Court of Appeals.
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