( November 22, 2024, 11:27 AM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Supreme Court on Nov. 22 “dismissed as improvidently granted” a petition for a writ of certiorari filed by Meta Platforms Inc. (formerly Facebook Inc.) and the company’s senior executives after the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals held that the company issued misleading statements about the risk of potential misuse of user data because the company was aware that it had already occurred; the one-page per curiam opinion was filed a little over two weeks after the justices heard oral arguments....