The US Supreme Court has decided to hear an appeal from Meta Platforms (META), or Facebook, as the company was known when the shareholder lawsuit was filed. Meta wants the court to dismiss a suit brought by investors who are accusing the company of misleading them about the data-harvesting scandal involving Cambridge Analytica.

In the video above, Yahoo Finance's Alexis Keenan explains the lawsuit and the court's decision to hear the case.

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This post was written by Stephanie Mikulich.