Meta, Others Urge High Court To Maintain Narrow VPPA Consumer Definition

( July 13, 2026, 12:00 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — Meta Platforms Inc. and other organizations filed 11 amicus curiae briefs urging the U.S. Supreme Court to affirm the Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals’ ruling that a California man who subscribed only to a free 247Sports newsletter is not a “‘consumer’” under the Video Privacy Protection Act (VPPA), with the amici collectively arguing that his reading would broaden the statute beyond video rental and audiovisual subscription transactions and expose internet, advertising and nonvideo businesses to broader VPPA liability....