Facebook Settles $725 Million Class-Action Lawsuit Over Sharing of User Data
- Facebook parent company Meta will pay $725 million to settle claims it improperly shared user data with third parties including Cambridge Analytica.
- The settlement covers Facebook users in the U.S. between May 24, 2007 and December 22, 2022 who submit a claim by the August 25, 2023 deadline.
- Individual payments will depend on the number of valid claims and may total a few hundred dollars at most.
- The lawsuit accused Facebook of misleading users about how much control they had over the use of their personal information.
- Meta denied any wrongdoing in the settlement, which is the largest privacy settlement in U.S. history and more than Meta has paid in any previous class-action agreement.