Claim your cut

[Jazzy]

Following years of litigation over the Cambridge Analytica scandal, a federal judge recently gave initial approval to a $725 million settlement between Meta and Facebook users alleging the company shared their personal data without proper consent. If you used Facebook between May 2007 and December 2022 and lived in the US during that time, you’re eligible to get cash from the settlement. While it will be a few more months before that money starts making its way to people, you don’t need to wait to submit a claim.

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Will you be submitting a claim?

 

[tango]

Probably not. If Facebook has over a billion users that sum that looks huge as a headline figure works out to less than $1 each and that's before the lawyers take their cut. Even if it's restricted to users in the US the chances are it's going to turn into a huge payday for lawyers and a fistful of nothing for the people on the ground.