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    Facebook parent Meta will pay $725M to settle a privacy suit over Cambridge Analytica

    The proposed settlement is a result of revelations that the information of up to 87 million people may have been improperly shared with the data analytics firm that worked for political campaigns.
    by Ashley Ahn Dec 23, 2022 2 minutes

    Facebook parent company Meta has agreed to pay $725 million to settle a class-action lawsuit claiming it improperly shared users' information with Cambridge Analytica, a data analytics firm used by the Trump campaign.

    The proposed settlement is a result of that information of up to 87 million people may have been improperly accessedthe third-party firm, which in 2018. This is the largest recovery ever in a data privacy class action and the most Facebook has paid to settle a private class action,the plaintiffs' lawyers said in a Thursday.

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