CASE DISMISSED

The Supreme Court on Monday rejected Facebook’s appeal to scale back a $15 billion lawsuit that accuses the tech giant of illegally tracking its users’ internet activities.

The lawsuit alleges Facebook violated the Wiretap Act by tracking users’ online activities that utilize features such as the platform’s “like” button without their consent between April 2010 and September 2011.

A blow to Facebook: The justices declined to take up Facebook’s appeal of a lower court ruling allowing the class-action lawsuit against the company to move forward.