Facebook owes us $725 million: here’s how to get your cut
by Sheena Vasani from The Verge - All Posts on (#6AZ5S)
Illustration: Nick Barclay / The Verge If you're a US Facebook user who had an active account between May 24th, 2007, and December 22nd, 2022, you may be able to receive a portion of a multimillion-dollar class action settlement related to user privacy.
Facebook parent company Meta agreed to pay $725 million to resolve a lawsuit accusing it of granting Cambridge Analytica and other third parties access to private user data, which a judge has tentatively approved. The tech giant also faced accusations it misled users about how much control they had over their private information. Meta, however, denies it did anything wrong.
If you'd like to make a claim, you can do so online by August 25th, 2023. After answering a few questions, you'll then be able to choose how you'd like to...