Facebook to Pay $725 Million to settle Lawsuit Over Cambridge Analytica Data Leak

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

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