Listen live: Supreme Court weighs reach of decades-old video privacy law

The Supreme Court will hear arguments Wednesday in a case testing whether a decades-old privacy law extends to consumers who subscribe to services unrelated to video content.

The case stems from a lawsuit against Paramount Global by a subscriber to a college sports newsletter who alleges the company improperly shared his video viewing history with Facebook for targeted advertising.

At issue is whether the 1988 Video Privacy Protection Act protects subscribers to any of a company’s products or only its audiovisual offerings.

The justices’ ruling could have broad implications for online privacy and future lawsuits involving digital tracking technology.

Oral arguments are scheduled to begin at 10 a.m. EDT.