Facebook owner Meta Platforms Inc has agreed to pay $US725 million ($A1.1 billion) to resolve a class-action lawsuit accusing the social media giant of allowing thir.
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Lawyers for the plaintiffs called the proposed settlement the largest to ever be achieved in a U.S. data privacy class action and the most that Meta has ever paid to resolve a class action lawsuit.
The lawsuit was prompted by revelations in 2018 that Facebook had allowed political consulting firm Cambridge Analytica to access data of as many as 87 million users.