( May 20, 2026, 8:04 AM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — A California federal judge allowed claims to proceed against Meta Platforms Inc., which operates Facebook and Instagram, and Google LLC, which develops the Android mobile operating system, in consolidated putative class action litigation alleging that Meta exploited Android operating system vulnerabilities to deanonymize users’ web-browsing activity through the Meta Pixel and Facebook and Instagram apps but dismissed with leave to amend claims based on alleged “‘pen-register use,’” unjust enrichment and Google’s alleged privacy and security misrepresentations....