WASHINGTON, June 10 (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court

agreed on Monday to hear a bid by Meta's Facebook to

scuttle a private securities fraud lawsuit accusing the social

media platform of misleading investors in 2017 and 2018 about

the misuse of its user data.

The justices took up Facebook's appeal of a lower court's

decision allowing a shareholder lawsuit brought in California

and led by Amalgamated Bank ( AMAL ) to proceed. The court will

hear the case in its next term, which begins in October.