Supreme Court allows Meta to pursue lawsuit alleging that an Israeli company unlawfully accessed WhatsApp servers when installing spyware on users’ devices.
appeal arguing that it was immune from the lawsuit because it was acting on behalf of unidentified foreign governments. Meta owns the WhatsApp messaging platform as well as the social media sites Facebook and Instagram. The case will now move forward in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.
NSO said in court filings that it works on behalf of foreign governments, which it did not identify, and that the Pegasus software is a tool used by law enforcement and intelligence agencies.
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