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    Joseph Bell named COO, EVP of production at FuseFX

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    LOS ANGELES --

    Visual effects studio FuseFX has appointed Joseph Bell as chief operating officer and executive VP of production, with responsibility for client-centric processes and operations, including production team management and company expansion.

    Bell is an award-winning production executive with more than a decade of experience in the visual effects industry including a wide mix of film and television work. Most recently, he was executive producer at CoSA VFX, where he was the first hire and was instrumental in scaling the company to a team of 160 people. Bell’s previous experience includes roles with Industrial Light & Magic, Digital Dimension and Pixel Magic. Notable projects throughout his career include Star Trek (2009), The Gifted, Minority Report (TV), Person of Interest, Fringe, Revolution, Almost Human, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen and Live Free or Die Hard.

    Bell is a longtime member of the Producers Guild of America and the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. He holds an MFA in Film & TV Production from USC’s School of Cinematic Arts and a Global Executive MBA from UCLA’s Anderson School of Management and the National University of Singapore. He was nominated for Emmy Awards for his work with Gotham (2015) and Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (2007).

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    Supreme Court Allows Multibillion-Dollar Class Action Lawsuit To Proceed Against Meta

    Friday, November 22, 2024

    The Supreme Court is allowing a multibillion-dollar class action investors' lawsuit to proceed against Facebook parent Meta, stemming from the privacy scandal involving the Cambridge Analytica political consulting firm.

    The justices heard arguments in November in Meta's bid to shut down the lawsuit. On Friday, they decided that they were wrong to take up the case in the first place.

    The high court dismissed the company's appeal, leaving in place an appellate ruling allowing the case to go forward.

    Investors allege that Meta did not fully disclose the risks that Facebook users' personal information would be misused by Cambridge Analytica, a firm that supported Donald Trump 's first successful Republican presidential campaign in 2016.

    Inadequacy of the disclosures led to two significant price drops in the price of the company's shares in 2018, after the public learned about the extent of the privacy scandal, the investors say.

    Meta spokesman Andy Stone said the company was disappointed by the court's action. "The plaintiff's claims are baseless and we will continue to defend ourselves as this case is considered by the District Court," Stone said in an emailed statement.

    Meta already has paid a $5.1 billion fine and reached a $725 million privacy settlement with users.

    Cambridge Analytica had ties to Trump political strategist Steve Bannon. It had paid a Facebook app developer for access to the personal information of about 87 million Facebook users. That data was then used to target U.S. voters during the 2016 campaign.

    The lawsuit is one of two high court cases involving class-action lawsuits against tech companies. The justices also are wrestling with whether to shut down a class action against Nvidia.... Read More

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