Quebec Facebook class action can go ahead after Supreme Court declines to hear appeal

MONTREAL — A class-action lawsuit alleging Facebook illegally allowed advertisers to target users based on their race, age and gender can move forward after the Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal from the social media giant.
Facebook had sought to have Canada’s highest court overturn a Quebec Court of Appeal decision authorizing the class action.
Audrey Boctor, one of the lawyers behind the suit, said the top court’s ruling means the case can now move toward an eventual t