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December 27, 2022

Meta Will Pay $725 Million to Settle Lawsuit over Cambridge Analytica Data Leak
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Facebook's parent company Meta has agreed to pay $725 million to settle
a class-action lawsuit brought by plaintiffs who say the social media
giant improperly shared users' information with Cambridge Analytica, a
company founded by the right-wing billionaire Robert Mercer. During the
2016 U.S. presidential campaign, Cambridge Analytica harvested some 87
million Facebook profiles without the users' knowledge or consent and
used the data to sway voters during the 2016 campaign.


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