Facebook owner to settle class-action suit over Cambridge Analytica scandal

Meta will pay out $725m after millions of Facebook users had their personal data used without consent

Meta, the Facebook owner, will pay out $725m (600m) to plaintiffs in a class-action lawsuit alleging privacy violations related to the Cambridge Analytica scandal, the company has said in a court filing.

The settlement will end a long-running dispute over the revelations that the political consultancy had accessed the data of tens of millions of Facebook users without their consent, and used it to target political adverts.