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Re:Supreme Court sides with Facebook in narrowing the federa... by xxpor on Friday April 02, 2021 @01:03PM (#26673327)
Were they resolving a circuit split? That's usually the way "silly" cases get up there.
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Re:Supreme Court sides with Facebook in narrowing the federa... by my_username_is_ on Friday April 02, 2021 @04:53PM (#26675872)
That does seem to be the case here.

>the Third, Seventh, and Eleventh Circuit Courts of Appeal require number generation in order for technology to qualify as an ATDS. [...] The Second and Ninth Circuit Courts of Appeal, in contrast, have liberally construed the statutory text and do not require number generation.

https://www.mintz.com/insights-center/viewpoints/2301/2020-0...

This was an appeal from the 9th Circuit, so provided an opportunity for the Supreme Court to overturn the lower Court's ruling.

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