[romanows]

The next sentence under the headline is "Tech company denied illegally recording and circulating private conversations to send phone users targeted ads".

[caminante]

That's a worthless indicator of objective innocence.

It's a private, civil case that settled. To not deny wrongdoing (even if guilty) would be insanely rare.

[romanows]

Obviously. The point is that settling a lawsuit in this way is also a worthless indicator of wrongdoing.