Facebook will shell out $725 million to resolve the Cambridge Analytica data leak lawsuit
26 December 2022
Meta Platforms, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, has agreed to pay $725 million to settle a long-running class-action lawsuit filed in 2018. The legal dispute sprang up in response to revelations that the social media giant allowed third-party apps such as those, including Cambridge Analytica to access users’ personal information without their consent for political advertising
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