: AMC illegally shared customers’ information with Facebook, lawsuit claims: report

A federal lawsuit claims that AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc. AMC illegally shared customers’ information with Facebook, the Kansas City Business Journal reports. The lawsuit claims that the movie-theater chain and meme-stock darling illegally shared personally identifiable information with Facebook each time the plaintiffs bought a ticket on the AMC website, according to the report. AMC’s stock ended Thursday’s session down 10.9%, but rallied 2.6% in aftermarket trades. MarketWatch has reached out to AMC and Facebook parent Meta Platforms Inc. META with a request for comment.

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